Editor’s note: 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
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Food Safety (OFS) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) are hosting a virtual public meeting on Salmonella with participation
A man who put shards of metal in baby food jars in the United Kingdom has been found guilty of blackmail and contaminating goods.
Nigel Wright began threatening supermarket chain
Only a handful of large meat and poultry establishments were subjected to administrative action by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service this past quarter when the industry came under
Remote food safety assessments are useful but cannot replace a physical inspection, according to the Food Standards Agency.
Virtual food hygiene inspections are being used in the United Kingdom but
A parliamentary inquiry into the closure of an Australian catering business has found the council failed in its role as a regulator.
I Cook Foods, which provided pre-packed meals to
An audit report in an Australian state has found many inspections of food businesses were overdue, recordkeeping was poor, and follow-up and enforcement were not always completed or consistent.
The
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
Authorities in Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium have provided more details of their roles in an international operation focused on potentially dangerous food and beverages.
Operation Opson IX, coordinated by
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
In some action on the petition front, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) acknowledges a request from the Harvard Law School’s “Animal Law and Policy Clinic.” The
A company has been sentenced in New Zealand for adding sulfites to ground beef.
Food manufacturer and wholesalers Machi, operated by Diversity Foods Limited and based in Auckland, was charged
