Food Policy & Law

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FDA acts against foreign firms for foods containing Salmonella, heavy metals

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

By News Desk

/ 10 Mar 2024

FDA acts against foreign firms for foods containing Salmonella, heavy metals

Amos Miller wants to cross state lines to sell his Pennsylvania-made raw milk

It’s been said that recent outbreaks of illness in the United States are raising renewed concerns about selling and consuming raw milk and raw milk products. One defense is

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Mar 2024

Amos Miller wants to cross state lines to sell his Pennsylvania-made raw milk

Increased poultry line speeds will likely continue with USDA extensions

The dismissed federal case of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) v. Sonny Perdue is returning. The U.S. District Court for Northern California has scheduled a case

By Dan Flynn

/ 8 Mar 2024

Increased poultry line speeds will likely continue with USDA extensions

EU reveals results of vet drug residues in food and animals

The latest data showing levels of residues from veterinary drugs and other substances in animals and animal-derived food in 2022 in Europe has been published. The European Food Safety Authority

By News Desk

/ 8 Mar 2024

EU reveals results of vet drug residues in food and animals

Webinar on FDA’s food chemical safety initiatives to feature Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones

The reorganization of the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods programs was urgently needed and a long-time coming. The full plan still needs to go through review by Office

By Guest Contributor

/ 7 Mar 2024

New York State is latest to threaten removal of harmful food additives

The movement to ban certain additives in food or beverages that started last year in California and spread this year first to Illinois has now reached as far as the

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Mar 2024

New York State is latest to threaten removal of harmful food additives

Fish controls assessed in Spain and Saudi Arabia

The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports looking at controls of fishery products in Spain and Saudi Arabia. An audit in Spain in February and

By News Desk

/ 6 Mar 2024

Fish controls assessed in Spain and Saudi Arabia

Singapore moving toward new licensing model

Singapore is making progress on a revised grading system for assessing the food safety performance of establishments. The Safety Assurance for Food Establishments (SAFE) framework will consider an establishment’s

By News Desk

/ 6 Mar 2024

Singapore moving toward new licensing model

NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated raw cheese linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

Pursuit to a 16-page plea agreement that leaves little to the imagination, a former raw milk cheese manufacturer and the company he owned and managed pleaded guilty today to charges

By News Desk

/ 5 Mar 2024

NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated raw cheese linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

New Zealand reassesses Salmonella risk after outbreak

The risk of Salmonella Enteritidis from eggs in New Zealand remains low despite an outbreak, according to the country’s food safety agency. The original risk profile for Salmonella in

By Joe Whitworth

/ 5 Mar 2024

New Zealand reassesses Salmonella risk after outbreak

State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say

An organization for all prosecutors, including appointed and elected and their deputies and assistants, supports the pending Animal Partisan petition. The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is a private non-profit

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 Mar 2024

State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say

FDA issues warning letter to bakery regarding improper allergen labels

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

By News Desk

/ 4 Mar 2024

FDA issues warning letter to bakery regarding improper allergen labels

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Food Policy & Law

FDA acts against foreign firms for foods containing Salmonella, heavy metals

Amos Miller wants to cross state lines to sell his Pennsylvania-made raw milk

Increased poultry line speeds will likely continue with USDA extensions

EU reveals results of vet drug residues in food and animals

Webinar on FDA’s food chemical safety initiatives to feature Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones

New York State is latest to threaten removal of harmful food additives

Fish controls assessed in Spain and Saudi Arabia

Singapore moving toward new licensing model

NY cheese manufacturer pleads guilty for adulterated raw cheese linked to deadly Listeria outbreak

New Zealand reassesses Salmonella risk after outbreak

State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say

FDA issues warning letter to bakery regarding improper allergen labels