Enforcement

Immediate closure ordered for Almanza’s Mexican Food in Northern Colorado

A Northern Colorado Mexican restaurant with a horrible food inspection record was ordered to immediately shut down Monday by county commissioners. For the second time in as many years, operations

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Jan 2019

Immediate closure ordered for Almanza’s Mexican Food in Northern Colorado

Report details most common violations at FDA-regulated food facilities

Food standard violations at 874 facilities around the country in FY 2018 fell into one of five categories, according to a company that helps other businesses with FDA compliance. Registrar

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Jan 2019

Report details most common violations at FDA-regulated food facilities

Public Health in — King County links bacterial toxin illnesses back to Seattle noodle shop

Public Health —Seattle & King County is investigating an outbreak of gastroenteritis with abdominal cramping and diarrhea associated with Xi’an Noodles in Seattle. Xi’an Noodles is at 5259

By News Desk

/ 4 Jan 2019

Public Health in — King County links bacterial toxin illnesses back to Seattle noodle shop

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Opinion Pop quiz: When is food food? When are foodborne pathogens pathogens? When will government act? When will businesses do the right thing? I’ve no doubt these questions, in

By Coral Beach

/ 1 Jan 2019

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Sheila McMillan of FSIS

Contributed Editor’s note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, republished here

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 31 Dec 2018

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Sheila McMillan of FSIS

It was business as usual on first business day of partial government shutdown

Everyone returning to work early Wednesday at Colorado’s big JBS beef plant had to contend with some pretty cold weather, but they did not have any concerns about whether

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Dec 2018

It was business as usual on first business day of partial government shutdown

NEA and AVA step up food safety checks during festive season

The National Environment Agency (NEA) and Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) are to step up checks on food sites during the holiday season. The agencies told all operators

By News Desk

/ 12 Dec 2018

NEA and AVA step up food safety checks during festive season

Broken thermometers at processed food facility, illegal drugs in beef and veal prompt warnings

The Food and Drug Administration recently warned owners of a beef producer, a dairy, and a frozen food company about violations of federal food safety laws. Food companies that receive

By News Desk

/ 10 Dec 2018

Broken thermometers at processed food facility, illegal drugs in beef and veal prompt warnings

G20 side deal re-establishes raw beef trade between U.S. and Argentina

It’s pretty common for bilateral deals that were worked out ahead of time to be celebrated at multi-national international conferences. That’s how a deal to allow Argentina to

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Dec 2018

G20 side deal re-establishes raw beef trade between U.S. and Argentina

After years of documented Listeria contamination, company closes

Owners of a Michigan food company have agreed that they will not reopen their business, Saranac Brand Foods Inc., which had repeatedly been found to be contaminated with potentially deadly

By News Desk

/ 3 Dec 2018

Suspended sentence for food shop owner after Salmonella outbreak

The former owner of a fast food outlet in England linked to a Salmonella outbreak last year has received a suspended six month prison sentence. Eight people had acute food

By Joe Whitworth

/ 1 Dec 2018

Suspended sentence for food shop owner after Salmonella outbreak

Multiple tahini products linked to Salmonella outbreak; recall initiated

A company in Israel is recalling its tahini products packaged under five brands because a sample tested positive for a strain of Salmonella Concord that has infected people in the

By News Desk

/ 28 Nov 2018

Multiple tahini products linked to Salmonella outbreak; recall initiated

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Enforcement

Immediate closure ordered for Almanza’s Mexican Food in Northern Colorado

Report details most common violations at FDA-regulated food facilities

Public Health in — King County links bacterial toxin illnesses back to Seattle noodle shop

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Sheila McMillan of FSIS

It was business as usual on first business day of partial government shutdown

NEA and AVA step up food safety checks during festive season

Broken thermometers at processed food facility, illegal drugs in beef and veal prompt warnings

G20 side deal re-establishes raw beef trade between U.S. and Argentina

After years of documented Listeria contamination, company closes

Suspended sentence for food shop owner after Salmonella outbreak

Multiple tahini products linked to Salmonella outbreak; recall initiated

Your Support Protects Public Health