California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that requires restaurant chains to declare major food allergens on their menus.
The requirement goes into effect in 2026 and covers restaurants with 20 or more locations. The menus will have to disclose ingredients including milk, eggs, shellfish and tree
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a first-in-the-nation law to legally define ultra-processed foods, or UPF, and phase out the most harmful ones from California public school meals.
Assembly Bill 1264, introduced by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, D-Encino, received overwhelming bipartisan support from legislators in the California Assembly and
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California’s first-in-the-nation law to phase out ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in public schools is now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. Differing versions of Assembly Bill 1264 passed both chambers of the California Legislature with only one dissenting vote. It had to be returned to the Assembly to reconcile the final version
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California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban ultra-processed foods in public school lunches with bipartisan legislation approved by the state Assembly.
The bill, AB 1264, introduced by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, would direct the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to
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A restaurant in Merced, CA, is closed and is undergoing a police investigation for contaminated food with a controlled substance of unknown origin, police say.
Merced police are investigating Carniceria Los Cerritos after a local hospital reported that several individuals came in with food poisoning after eating there.
Police say
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Several baby food manufacturers are failing to meet California’s strict lead limits under Proposition 65, a Reuters investigation published April 16 has found.
The report, based on 1,757 test results from nine manufacturers, found 102 products exceeding the state’s maximum allowable dose of 0.5 micrograms of lead per day. While
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Red Shell Foods, Inc., based in City of Industry, CA, is recalling 981 bottles of its Red Shell brand Teriyaki Sauce because of potential microbial growth, indicated by bubbling and swelling containers.
The recall was initiated on March 17, 2025after the company identified signs of microbial contamination in the shelf-stable
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As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded its warning to restaurants, retailers and consumers not to serve, sell or eat certain frozen half-shell oysters from South Korea’s Designated Area II, linked to a norovirus outbreak in California.
The update follows an expanded recall by Daihung Mulsan Co., Ltd. (KR
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Taylor Shellfish Canada ULC has issued a recall for certain oysters harvested from British Columbia, Canada, and distributed in the United States because of norovirus contamination.
The recall was triggered by the Canadian food Inspection Agency’s investigation into a foodborne illness outbreak. Between Nov. 1 and Dec. 20, there were
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