The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued warning letters to three food manufacturers: Ice Cream House LLC in Brooklyn, NY; NRS Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Sunflour Bakery in Costa Mesa, CA; and Brewing Market Coffee in Boulder, CO. Each company was cited for significant food safety violations that could
Continue Reading FDA warns firms about Listeria in ice cream, cockroaches in bakery, unsafe practices at coffee roaster
A food sampling exercise found limited safety concerns but problems with declared meat content and added water.
Findings come from a survey published by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which helps monitor emerging food safety risks. The survey, which took place from July 2023 to January 2024, sampled 1,025 products
Continue Reading The FSA sampling survey finds a high level of compliance
As part of the FDA’s new Human Foods Program reorganization, which went into effect Oct. 1, the agency has announced a streamlined approach for processing consumer complaints.
The process includes steps to handle whistleblower complaints in addition to consumer complaints. Whistleblower complaints came to the forefront in 2022 when a
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Fraud and non-compliance issues discussed in August by European countries were at their lowest level since reporting began in early 2024.
The number of food and other fraud suspicions raised by EU member states declined in August. The 222 alerts are down from 325 in July, 265 in June, 281
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The USDA is planning to reduce some Salmonella testing for poultry products for the coming fiscal year, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
In a 33-page sampling plan for fiscal year 2024, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) outlines the number of samples it plans
Continue Reading USDA reveals plan to test poultry for Salmonella, Campylobacter; some cutbacks included
In denying a request for records related to a deadly Listeria outbreak traced to Boar’s Head deli meat, the USDA said the company is under criminal investigation.
In keeping with its standing policy, the U.S. Department of Justice has declined to comment on the ongoing investigation.
The outbreak has sickened
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A Codex committee has made progress on guidelines for preventing and controlling food fraud.
The draft guidance has been sent to the Codex Alimentarius Commission for adoption, which will meet in Switzerland in November.
The United States chaired the electronic working group. It will also lead a group dealing with
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The FDA reached a significant milestone when it approved its reorganization and created its new unified Human Foods Program (HFP).
It is one of the most significant reorganizations in FDA’s history.
The new model for field operations and other significant modernization efforts is only days away, with Oct. 1 set
Continue Reading Three years in the making, FDA’s new Human Foods Program kicks off on Oct. 1
Ireland and Canada have donated thousands to support food safety and agriculture trade efforts.
Ireland’s donation of €200,000 ($223,000) will support Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) projects and programs that improve access to global and regional markets for developing economies and least-developed countries (LDCs).
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Trade Organization
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Dutch scientists have created a framework that can be used when looking into the reuse of water on food crops.
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) have defined a set of
Continue Reading Dutch agencies set requirements for use of purified wastewater