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FDA tightens import restrictions on certain cantaloupe, seafood, dried fruit

By News Desk on June 28, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of 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…

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Pre-cut fruit recalled after FDA test shows Salmonella contamination

By News Desk on March 30, 2022

Freshcut fruit from Liberty Fruit Company Inc. is being recalled after government testing found a sample positive for Salmonella.

The Kansas City, KS, company distributed the products to retailers and foodservice operations in four states,  …
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Fruit juices, cantaloupe, papayas listed in FDA’s import enforcement report update

By News Desk on January 11, 2022

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…
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FDA collecting, testing samples of cantaloupe for Salmonella, Listeria

By News Desk on September 17, 2021

The FDA recently announced it is conducting a year-long testing project on freshcut, also called pre-cut, cantaloupe.

In addition to testing for the foodborne pathogens of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, the sampling “assignment” includes inspections…
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FDA changes alert status for imported cheese, cantaloupe, candy and more

By News Desk on August 10, 2021

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…
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Global Salmonella outbreak linked to melons from Honduras

By Joe Whitworth on July 23, 2021

Almost 350 confirmed and 50 more possible Salmonella infections have been recorded across Europe and in the United Kingdom linked to melons. Some patients live in the United States.

Between mid-March and early July, 348…
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Alert modifications posted for imported mahimahi, cantaloupe, papaya

By News Desk on July 20, 2021

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…
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UK patient count in Salmonella melon outbreak doubles

By Joe Whitworth on June 19, 2021

The number of people sick in the United Kingdom in an outbreak linked to melons has almost doubled.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public Health England (PHE) are investigating the incident with 99 people…
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Large Salmonella outbreak linked to melons

By Joe Whitworth on June 1, 2021

Melons have been linked to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has affected 200 people in more than 10 countries.

Patients have been reported in Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the…
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Some shrimp, cantaloupe, papaya shipments face denial at borders

By News Desk on March 16, 2021

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…
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