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Florida’s public health emergency for hepatitis A being fought with more vaccinations

Just one week after Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees declared a Public Health Emergency over the state’s Hepatitis A epidemic, free vaccines are being offered to Tampa Bay

By News Desk

/ 7 Aug 2019

Florida’s public health emergency for hepatitis A being fought with more vaccinations

Pork and chicken dumplings recalled for skipping USDA inspection

The Top Taste Food Warehouse in Brooklyn, NY. has recalled an undetermined amount of pork and chicken dumpling product because they were produced, packed, and distributed without the benefit of

By News Desk

/ 7 Aug 2019

Pork and chicken dumplings recalled for skipping USDA inspection

Food-safety inspectors begin visits to produce farms, packing houses

They’re coming. Not that there haven’t been plenty of warnings, not the least in the form of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act that calls for inspectors to

By Cookson Beecher

/ 6 Aug 2019

Food-safety inspectors begin visits to produce farms, packing houses

EFSA finds chlorpyrifos does not meet criteria for renewal

The pesticide chlorpyrifos could be banned in Europe from next year after the European Food Safety Authority said it does not meet criteria for renewal. The approval period for the

By News Desk

/ 6 Aug 2019

EFSA finds chlorpyrifos does not meet criteria for renewal

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

A Tennessee meatpacking plant owner, sentenced for three federal felony counts and one misdemeanor, on July 31 promises to turn himself in to federal prison. James Brantley, the owner of

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Aug 2019

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

Australia starts food safety standards review

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has started a review of food safety standards. The first proposal covers food safety management tools for the foodservice and retail sector. It considers

By News Desk

/ 6 Aug 2019

Australia starts food safety standards review

Real deadline for new hog slaughter inspection rule might be Sept. 30

USDA’s new swine slaughter inspection system has been 22 years in the making. And if the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) wants to avoid further delay, it likely

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Aug 2019

Real deadline for new hog slaughter inspection rule might be Sept. 30

FAO says food safety focus must be on prevention

Preventing food safety incidents before they occur is essential to protecting the food chain with most crises avoidable with timely actions and the right investments, according to the FAO. The

By News Desk

/ 5 Aug 2019

FAO says food safety focus must be on prevention

DG SANTE audits tuna controls in Italy and Portugal

The European Commission’s unit responsible for policy on food safety and health has published two reports on fishery products from tuna species. DG SANTE auditors went to Italy from

By Joe Whitworth

/ 5 Aug 2019

DG SANTE audits tuna controls in Italy and Portugal

FDA begins posting additional information about antibiotics for animals

Citing efforts to improve transparency and public access to information about approved antibiotics for animas, the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has published certain medicated

By News Desk

/ 4 Aug 2019

FDA begins posting additional information about antibiotics for animals

Raw sheep’s milk cheese linked to French Salmonella outbreak

Almost 50 people are ill in France as part of a foodborne outbreak linked to eating a brand of unpasteurized, raw milk sheep’s cheese. A spokeswoman from Santé publique

By News Desk

/ 3 Aug 2019

Raw sheep’s milk cheese linked to French Salmonella outbreak

Recall over plastic pieces packaged with Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies

Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. has recalled Entenmann’s Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies (5 pack Mini Chocolate Chip variety) due to the potential presence of visible, blue plastic pieces in

By News Desk

/ 2 Aug 2019

Recall over plastic pieces packaged with Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies

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Florida’s public health emergency for hepatitis A being fought with more vaccinations

Pork and chicken dumplings recalled for skipping USDA inspection

Food-safety inspectors begin visits to produce farms, packing houses

EFSA finds chlorpyrifos does not meet criteria for renewal

Meatpacking plant owner dodged employment taxes with cash payments

Australia starts food safety standards review

Real deadline for new hog slaughter inspection rule might be Sept. 30

FAO says food safety focus must be on prevention

DG SANTE audits tuna controls in Italy and Portugal

FDA begins posting additional information about antibiotics for animals

Raw sheep’s milk cheese linked to French Salmonella outbreak

Recall over plastic pieces packaged with Little Bites Soft Baked Cookies