Editor’s note:
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
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More than $40 million worth of potentially dangerous food and drink has been seized in an operation coordinated by Europol and Interpol.
Operation Opson IX dismantled 19 organized crime groups and led to the arrest
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At least 11 people in Switzerland have been infected by Listeria and two have died after eating contaminated cheese.
Officials from the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) told Food Safety News that analysis
Continue Reading Officials report more patients in Listeria outbreak linked to cheese
Four patients have been infected by Listeria and one has died after eating potentially contaminated cheese at a hospital in Switzerland.
During an internal check, Käserei Vogel AG, based in Steinerberg, found Listeria in semi-hard
Continue Reading Hospital Listeria cases linked to cheese in Switzerland; one death reported
Experts in Belgium have said the risk of Listeria monocytogenes growth in fresh cheeses is low if the pH value is below a certain level by the end of the production process.
The Scientific Committee
Continue Reading Belgian experts assess risk of Listeria growth in cheese
Ten people have been infected with Listeria monocytogenes in France linked to eating cheese from one company.
Authorities in Cantal, in the Auvergne region of France, ordered the business, Ferme de Gioux, to temporarily close
Continue Reading French authorities link Listeria infections to cheese company
An inspection at a dairy company in Spain has found serious issues meaning items made there could pose a risk to the public, according to authorities.
Officials from the Ministry of Health in Galicia, a
Continue Reading Spanish officials suspend operations of cheese firm after inspection
Quebec-based Laiterie Coaticook Ltée is recalling certain Coaticook brand cheddar cheese because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall
Continue Reading Coaticook brand Cheddar cheese recalled due to possible Listeria monocytogenes
In response to a recall by Consider Bardwell Farm, Whole Foods Market stores in the Northeast and North Atlantic regions are voluntarily recalling Dorset cheese because of a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.
The
Continue Reading Whole Foods Market recalls cheese for risk of Listeria monocytogenes
Routine testing revealed Listeria contamination in finished cheese and the equipment made to make it, causing Consider Bardwell Farm LLC to recall products in five states.
In a recall notice officials with the West Pawlet,
Continue Reading Company recalls all available supplies of three cheeses for Listeria risk
Seven people in France have been infected with the same strain of Listeria after consuming organic dairy products.
The outbreak was identified by the National Reference Center for Listeria and an eighth case is under
Continue Reading Seven Listeria infections linked to organic dairy products
