E.N.A. Meat Packing Inc. of Paterson, NJ, is recalling 39,947 pounds of frozen, raw lamb products that were imported without the benefit of import reinspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Microplastics in food is the primary concern for people in Germany followed by antibiotic resistance, according to a survey. Pesticides in food were also a very high concern for 57 percent of people surveyed.
The
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Public health officials in a city in Chile have issued a warning after detecting several Listeria infections linked to food.
The Regional Ministerial Secretariat of Health (SEREMI) for Coquimbo reported there had been a recent
Continue Reading Listeria infections prompt warning in Chile
Researchers have looked at the types of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from food and people during a 10-year period in Chile.
Results of tests show Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated from 2008 to 2017 in the
Continue Reading Study summarizes decade of surveillance for Listeria in Chile
At least 80 people are sick in Chile from Salmonella after eating at a sushi restaurant.
The people affected are men and women aged from 2 to 66 years old. The first cases presented symptoms
Continue Reading Eighty sick in Chile with Salmonella linked to sushi
The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a seafood processor in Chile, Greece, and India and a Ready-To-Eat (RTE) salad, sandwich, and institutional meals manufacturing facility in New York because inspectors found
Continue Reading Seafood processors, RTE meals manufacturing facility warned by FDA
An audit in Chile has found there is no official sample system to verify compliance with European standards to control microbiological contamination in the food of non-animal origin.
For primary production, there is no risk-based
Continue Reading Audit finds lack of official controls for EU exports in Chile
Yonkers, NY-based Jac. Vandenberg Inc. has recalled 1,727 cartons of fresh peaches, 1,207 cartons of fresh nectarines and 365 cartons of fresh plums that were being sold to the public by such major retailers as
Continue Reading Fresh peaches, nectarines and plums from Chile recalled for Listeria
They let me back in the country this past Thursday night in Houston. My return is from two weeks of not thinking about food safety while visiting Chile and Argentina.
It’s not easy to put
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“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” said early-American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.
But in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at
Continue Reading OIG says USDA reviews of exporting countries are inadequate
