The 41.7 million people who received monthly SNAP benefits in 2024 have long known they cannot use what were once called food stamps to purchase alcohol, tobacco, personal care products, or even hot and prepared foods.
In 2025, one state after another is adding soda pop to that “verboten” list
Continue Reading MAHA gets states to sign waivers further restricting SNAP purchases
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has unveiled a refreshed food safety approach.
UNIDO launched its Food Safety Approach 2.0 at the Vienna Food Safety Forum earlier this month. The plan calls for robust food safety systems, acknowledging the complexity and numerous stakeholders involved, and emphasizes the relevance of
Continue Reading UNIDO revises food safety approach
Singapore saw foodborne illness rates and recalls slightly increase in 2024 compared to the year before.
Data comes from the Singapore Food Statistics 2024 report published recently by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).
Singapore imports more than 90 percent of its food supply. This leaves the country vulnerable to supply
Continue Reading Singapore notes rise in recalls and incidents
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By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
At the recent Food Safety Summit in Chicago, I attended an important session, “Recall Modernization Initiatives with the Consumer in Mind.” The message from the stage was that the industry knows consumer communication around recalls needs work. Recalls are meant
Continue Reading Modernization of recall communications to consumers is urgently needed
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.
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Continue Reading FDA steps up import enforcement for infant formula, coconut, seafood and more
Starway International Group LLC of Maspeth, NY, is recalling 9,513 pounds of ineligible frozen catfish fish ball products that were produced by an establishment in Vietnam that is not eligible to export Siluriformes fish to the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced
Continue Reading USDA orders recall of catfish products from Vietnam because of export status
COMVITA USA INC, of Santa Barbara, CA, is recalling 8,190 units of three Comvita-branded Manuka Honey products — Manuka Honey + Lion’s Mane for Focus, Manuka Honey + Cordyceps for Energy, and Manuka Honey + Reishi — because of leaking induction seals on the packaging.
The recall was initiated on
Continue Reading Comvita Manuka Honey products recalled because of leaking packaging
Unilever Manufacturing (US), Inc., of Sikeston, MO, is recalling 6,668 cases of Rocky Road Ice Cream because of undeclared allergens and mislabeled packaging.
The product, packaged in a Breyers Chocolate Truffle tub labeled as “may contain tree nuts” with a Rocky Road Ice Cream lid declaring almonds as an ingredient
Continue Reading Rocky Road Ice Cream recalled because of undeclared allergens and mislabeled packaging
Crystal Creamery Inc., of Modesto, CA, is recalling 92,594 pounds (1,680 bags) of Non Fat Dry Milk because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
The recall was initiated on May 19 and is ongoing, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The recalled products were distributed to retail locations in California
Continue Reading Nearly 50 tons of dry milk recalled because of potential Salmonella contamination
The Department of Health and Human Services is requesting $72 million for food safety efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in fiscal year 2026.
The request is a relatively small portion of the $94.7 billion for HHS requested in President Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget. The total
Continue Reading Budget request cuts CDC’s funding by half; food safety budget hard hit