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Company restarts operations without resolving problems; FDA issues warning

Federal officials haven’t been able to confirm whether a company has effectively recalled raw fish potentially contaminated with Listeria. Consequently the FDA is warning restaurants and retailers against using

By News Desk

/ 19 Jul 2019

Company restarts operations without resolving problems; FDA issues warning

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Jul 2019

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

FDA modifies import alerts for imported foods

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

By News Desk

/ 10 Jul 2019

FDA modifies import alerts for imported foods

CDC, FDA say only Cavi brand papayas linked to outbreak; more people sick

As the patient count continues to increase, officials have narrowed the likely source of a papaya-related Salmonella outbreak to one distributor selling the tropical fruit under the Cavi brand. No

By Coral Beach

/ 5 Jul 2019

Pig ear pet treats suspected in 13-state outbreak; 45 people sick

A suspected link between pig ear treats and 45 human cases of salmonellosis is being investigated by federal and state officials, the U.S Food and Drug Administration announced today.

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Jul 2019

Pig ear pet treats suspected in 13-state outbreak; 45 people sick

Questions and controversies over role of Mexican papayas in rare outbreak strain

Late this past Friday afternoon, the CDC stepped out to warn many Americans not to eat Mexican-grown papayas out of fear the imported fruit may have Salmonella Uganda contamination. That

By Dan Flynn

/ 3 Jul 2019

Questions and controversies over role of Mexican papayas in rare outbreak strain

After last year, CDC and FDA step up their game for Cyclospora season

Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. People can become infected with Cyclospora by consuming food or water contaminated with the parasite. Both drinking and

By News Desk

/ 3 Jul 2019

After last year, CDC and FDA step up their game for Cyclospora season

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

More than 60 people are confirmed sick with Salmonella infections in a multistate outbreak linked to fresh papayas from Mexico, according to a public alert issued this afternoon. Federal officials

By Coral Beach

/ 28 Jun 2019

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

Don’t look for FDA to “pork out” as the nation’s top regulator of livestock genome editing

The pork industry earlier this week said it wants to get the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) out of regulating livestock genome editing. But unless pigs fly, that possibility seems

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jun 2019

Don’t look for FDA to “pork out” as the nation’s top regulator of livestock genome editing

Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

Citing fragmented food safety oversight, which is split up between 15 federal agencies, two lawmakers want Congress to scrap the current system and the ineffective laws that regulate it. The

By Coral Beach

/ 27 Jun 2019

Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

FDA modifies alerts for food imports

The FDA uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations on food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’

By News Desk

/ 26 Jun 2019

Comment now on proposed safety guidance for fresh sprouts

Beginning today, the FDA is accepting comments on proposed guidance designed to improve the safety of fresh sprouts, which have been responsible for at least 50 outbreaks in the past

By Coral Beach

/ 25 Jun 2019

Comment now on proposed safety guidance for fresh sprouts

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Company restarts operations without resolving problems; FDA issues warning

Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information

FDA modifies import alerts for imported foods

CDC, FDA say only Cavi brand papayas linked to outbreak; more people sick

Pig ear pet treats suspected in 13-state outbreak; 45 people sick

Questions and controversies over role of Mexican papayas in rare outbreak strain

After last year, CDC and FDA step up their game for Cyclospora season

CDC warns against papayas from Mexico amidst new outbreak; CSPI says FDA should step up enforcement

Don’t look for FDA to “pork out” as the nation’s top regulator of livestock genome editing

Bill for Safe Food Act seeks to consolidate federal oversight

FDA modifies alerts for food imports

Comment now on proposed safety guidance for fresh sprouts