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 Import alert modifications include fish, cheese, produce and more
Norway has opted not to change the rules around the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk to protect consumer health.
In 2017, the Ministry of Health and Care Services commissioned the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet)
Continue Reading Norway decides not to change raw milk rules; salmon producers face review
A project looking at the risk of ciguatera poisoning in Europe has finished work after almost five years.
An international scientific meeting was held in October for the EuroCigua project which began in April 2016
Continue Reading Project confirms growing threat in Europe from toxins created by microalgae
A French agency has warned people of the risks of eating berries or leaves from decorative plants.
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) seasonal message focused on holly, mistletoe
Continue Reading Health officials warn of seasonal poisoning risk from certain plants
Three European countries have recorded Listeria infections with fish being investigated as the source.
Germany has reported 30 infections and, since November, two people in Austria and one person in Denmark has contracted the same
Continue Reading Germany hit hardest by current Listeria outbreak across Europe
HelloFresh is recalling certain batches of fish in New Zealand linked to at least three cases of histamine poisoning.
The ready meal delivery service recalled HelloFresh brand trevally filets because of elevated levels of histamine.
Continue Reading HelloFresh recalls fish because of link to illnesses
A mobile fish seller who forced customers to buy fish in England that was often unfit to eat has been jailed.
Between 2017 and 2019, John Mills used aggressive, unfair, and dishonest selling practices to
Continue Reading Man who sold poor quality fish jailed
A catering company in Wales has been fined in relation to five people who became ill from eating mackerel in July 2019.
DM Catering (Pembs) Ltd. was fined £2,550 ($3,300) by Haverfordwest magistrates in late
Continue Reading Company fined after five suffer food poisoning from fish
Red meat, fish, alcohol and wild shellfish have been highlighted as high risk and vulnerable to food crime in Scotland.
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) said these areas of concern
Continue Reading Four sectors identified as vulnerable to food crime in Scotland
The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in certain fish species.
Fish types for which maximum limits have already been established are excluded.
People are mainly exposed to methylmercury
Continue Reading WHO wants data on mercury in fish
At least two people have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to chilled smoked trout fillets in the Netherlands.
All six sick people have been hospitalized and two died from their infections. Another person has
Continue Reading Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to trout in the Netherlands
