The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the fall 2022 import requirements for U.S. romaine lettuce with special requirements for certain lettuce produced in California’s Salinas Valley.
Whole-head romaine lettuce and products containing romaine
Continue Reading Canada sets regulations for some romaine grown in certain parts of California
Area media are reporting that four dozen shuttle drivers at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival fell ill during the weekend from what is believed to be a foodborne source.
The incident did not
Continue Reading Officials interviewing dozens of people about bus drivers’ illnesses at Coachella
Citrus producers from California are making a collective $500,000 contribution to Center for Produce Safety’s research capital campaign to fund produce-specific food safety research.
The funds will support CPS’s work to identify produce safety questions,
Continue Reading California citrus industry invests half a million in CPS produce safety research
The Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements in Arizona and California, which exist to promote food safety for lettuce and leafy greens, report that they have conducted an initial review of FDA’s new rule for agricultural water
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday entered into domestic mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah and Wisconsin.
Mutual reliance agreements mark a coordinated effort between the FDA and individual states with goals
Continue Reading FDA inks mutual reliance agreements with California, Florida, Utah, Wisconsin
For the fourth time since 2019 California health officials have ordered a recall of unpasteurized, raw milk sold by Valley Milk Simply Bottled.
The California Department of Health reported illegal levels of Campylobacter jejuni found
Continue Reading California dairy ordered to recall raw milk for fourth time since 2019
State officials in California have ordered a recall and quarantine of certain raw goat milk because tests have shown it to be contaminated with Campylobacter.
The unpasteurized, raw goat milk was produced by Valley Milk
Continue Reading Raw goat milk recalled because of positive test for Campylobacter
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.
Continue Reading Warning letter sent to importer after Salmonella outbreak prompted investigation
Fear of a Supreme Court review of California’s Proposition 12 has set the state’s congressional Democrats on a different strategy. They want to recall the amicus curiae briefs the federal government dropped last year in
Continue Reading California’s congressional Democrats do not want Prop 12 reviewed by high court
California in 2020 is scheduled to begin implementing more stringent animal confinement standards for in-state and out-of-state producers who sell certain animal products the state.
The new law was overwhelmingly approved in 2018 by California
Continue Reading California animal confinement law will touch sales from out-of-state
