The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. 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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A study in China has provided estimates on the incidence of five pathogens, with norovirus coming at the top.
By examining rates across gender and age groups, scientists can identify priority populations for targeted preventive interventions aimed at reducing disease burden. These insights help in the development of public health
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China’s concerns about a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) import alert was one of six new issues discussed at a recent World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting.
Delegates at the June meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed trade concerns related to food safety and
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In just the past few days, it seems as if the world has become serious about H5N1 influenza, otherwise known as bird flu. There’s even informed speculation by some qualified scientists that human-to-human transmission is likely already occurring.
Food safety and public health are not yet big concerns. Raw milk
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Poorly cooked pork liver was the suspected source of a hepatitis E outbreak in China in 2022, according to a recent report.
In July and August 2022, an outbreak of hepatitis E was reported in a nursing home in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
A case-control study was conducted to identify risk
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Scientists have been unable to find the source of a rare type of Salmonella that affected some people in China.
Two children with diarrhea visited a healthcare facility within 24 hours in August 2023. Salmonella Grumpensis was detected in stool samples by a public health laboratory in Shanghai.
According to
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The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. 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. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for imported frozen catfish products that were illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China and are ineligible for entry into the United States.
The products were not certified for export to the
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According to recently published figures, mushroom poisoning remains a significant problem in China.
In 2023, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated 505 reports of mushroom poisoning, resulting in 1,303 patients and 16 deaths.
Incidents increased compared to 2022, but the number of patients was lower, according
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Almost 1,000 people fell ill in a Campylobacter and Sapovirus outbreak in China in 2021, according to a recently released study.
The outbreak involved 996 patients and had two peaks over a 17 day period. Through case-control studies, scientists identified exposure to water from a secondary water supply system as
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