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
The United States has said it remains “deeply concerned” with China’s lack of scientific explanation of how two decrees address food safety and public health.
The U.S. repeated
A surveillance program for E. coli O157 created after a major outbreak in a Chinese city has recorded a decline in the pathogen.
A large and long outbreak of diarrhea,
Federal officials say an outbreak of Listeria infections traced to enoki mushrooms has ended.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that the outbreak sickened five people in four
Federal officials have identified a new outbreak of hepatitis A infections suspected to be from a food source.
The Food and Drug Administration reports that it has begun product traceback
On March 1, the FDA announced that it is expanding an import alert issued last July for all enoki mushrooms imported from the Republic of Korea to now also include
Chinese officials recorded almost 500 mushroom poisoning outbreaks in 2022 with 28 associated deaths.
This past year, China CDC investigated 482 incidents of mushroom poisoning across 21 regions. This resulted
The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) is warning consumers not to eat enoki mushrooms produced by Shandong Youhe Biotechnology Co Ltd. in Shandong Province, China, because they have been traced
Oysters from Ireland have been linked to illnesses in Hong Kong. In other news from the region, China is lifting a 2020 ban on beef exports due to BSE this
Ten people were sick and one died in China this past year after eating a toxic plant.
The food poisoning was caused by the wild plant Anisodus tanguticus, which contains
Utopia Foods Inc of Glendale, NY, is recalling its 200g packages of “Enoki Mushrooms” because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The potential contamination was noted by a routine sampling conducted
Researchers have found that Salmonella caused the most outbreaks linked to meat products in China over a 15-year period.
From 2002 to 2017, China recorded 2,815 outbreaks caused by
