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 modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as
Continue Reading FDA clamps down on imported shark fins, cantaloupes, mushrooms and more
Old Soul Farms LLC of St. Paris, OH, is recalling multiple leafy greens products after testing showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
“The positive test for Listeria monocytogenes was from a routine facility test of rainwater
Continue Reading Wide variety of leafy greens under recall after positive tests for Listeria
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 months after they are sent.
Continue Reading Food firm in China and two U.S. companies warned about violations
Nonprofit activist group, STOP Foodborne Illness, has announced that the organization has finalized recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modernize the nation’s food recall system.
The recommendations, titled “Collaborative Plan to Achieve
Continue Reading STOP Foodborne Illness delivers plan to improve U.S. food recall process
The FDA has initiated traceback efforts in an investigation of an E. coli outbreak and updated the patient toll in a Cyclospora outbreak.
The agency did not name a commodity in the traceback announcement
Continue Reading Few details add little understanding about E. coli, Cyclospora outbreaks
PHOENIX — As milling and baking industries work with government agencies and other groups to address a growing number of foodborne illness outbreaks linked to flour, researchers are seeking the best ways to treat wheat
Continue Reading IAFP panel addresses progress, hurdles in keeping flour free of pathogens
The CDC has declared that a Salmonella Weltevreden outbreak traced to imported shrimp is over.
According to an update from the Food and Drug Administration the implicated shrimp from Avanti Frozen Foods, which was recalled
Continue Reading CDC says Salmonella outbreak traced to shrimp has ended
PHOENIX — Many people say a huge part of the burden of food safety depends on consumers, but a key takeaway from a session here today was that consumers can’t practice what they haven’t been
Continue Reading Consumer education must include old school information for future generations
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 modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as
Continue Reading Alert modifications posted for imported mahimahi, cantaloupe, papaya
PHOENIX — While genotyping can provide key microbiological information and strengthen epidemiological evidence in foodborne illness outbreaks, there are still some limitations in current technology and the very nature of the pathogens/parasites themselves can make
Continue Reading IAFP panel breaks down challenges in genotype tracing during foodborne illness outbreaks
PHOENIX — This morning presenters gave an update on various recent outbreaks, including this past year’s red onions with Salmonella, deli meats with Listeria and peaches with Salmonella.
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Continue Reading Attendees of international conference hear update on recent foodborne outbreaks
