Vita-Warehouse Corp. of Vista, CA, is recalling one lot of Welby Vitamin B12 Energy Support 1000 mcg 140 Gummies, Berkley Jensen Vitamin B12 1000 mcg 250 Gummies, and VitaGlobe Vitamin B12 Extra Strength 60 Gummies because of the potential presence of undeclared peanuts. This poses a serious or life-threatening risk
Continue Reading Vita-Warehouse Corp. recalls vitamin B12 gummy products for undeclared peanut allergen
A poultry company in England has halted production at one of its sites after finding Salmonella in chicken. Dozens of products have been recalled.
Cranswick said the facility in Hull will remain closed until an investigation into the possible cause of contamination has been completed.
A routine internal inspection identified
Continue Reading Salmonella finding closes factory and prompts large-scale recall
Reckitt is recalling 3.74 million bottles of Airborne Gummies in assorted fruit, orange, and blueberry pomegranate flavors because, when opened for the first time, pressure build up in the bottle can cause the cap and underlying seal to pop off with force when opened for the first time, posing an
Continue Reading More than 3 million Airborne Gummies recalled after consumer complaints
The CEO of Mondelēz has described how the company is handling the many challenges faced during the coronavirus pandemic.
Dirk Van de Put, chairman and CEO of Mondelēz International, said the biggest issue at the start of the crisis was uncertainty.
“If you are dealing with a food safety crisis,
Continue Reading Mondelez CEO shares challenges of dealing with COVID-19
Researchers are using text mining technology to analyze comments and reviews to improve the traceability of and communication about risky food products.
In a new study published by the journal “Risk Analysis” the research team proposes a new Food Safety Monitoring System (FSMS) that uses consumer comments posted
Continue Reading Researchers use iwaspoisoned.com and Amazon reviews to improve food safety
Australians have been warned about the potential risks of buying and selling food on social media websites.
The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) said food is being prepared in unregulated home kitchens and offered on social media sites such as Facebook and WeChat.
The health promotion charity said the practice
Continue Reading FSIC warns of risks because of rise in food sold on social media
Consumer Reports still has a knack for finding something hiding in plain sight that many people will find outrageous. The find this time is bottled Starkey Spring Water manufactured by Whole Foods and also sold by Amazon. It’s the arsenic king of bottled water.
The problem with Starkey bottled water
Continue Reading Bottled water’s arsenic king remains legal but still loaded with heavy metal
A man who has been seeking changes to U.S. law since his son died from morphine intoxication in 2016 expects to see bills filed in April. His son wasn’t using drugs. It was unwashed poppy seeds, bought on Amazon.com and brewed as tea, that killed him.
The draft legislation expected
Continue Reading Unwashed poppy seeds under fire on Capitol Hill and around the world
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant recalls in the United States in 2018. As in past years, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual stories by individual writers. Generally, significant events are the other way around. Multiple stories by
Continue Reading Recalls show foodborne threats continue
As the FDA added another state to the list of those that received pre-cut melon implicated in a salmonellosis outbreak, the chair of the Congressional Food Safety Caucus implored federal agencies to find “what deficiencies led to this outbreak.”
First reported by federal officials on June 8, the outbreak has
Continue Reading Iowa added to list of states that received melon linked to outbreak
