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
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 Actions target milk products, fish, canned foods, fresh produce at U.S. borders
A win-win is always welcome. But what about a win-win-win? Researchers say that’s what’s possible with agrivoltaics, a groundbreaking system that combines solar energy with agriculture. Some refer to it as “dual solar” or “solar
Continue Reading Agrivoltaics scores impressive triple win, but some food safety concerns remain
This year’s Dirty Dozen list from the Environmental Working Group opens with a statement about COVID-19 and food safety, encouraging consumers to continue to eat fresh fruits and vegetables during the pandemic.
Officials with the
Continue Reading Some leafy greens added to Dirty Dozen, strawberries still at top of the EWG’s list
Streams of water carrying sound and microscopic air bubbles can remove microbial contaminants from spinach leaves, according to a study.
Scientists used acoustic water streams to clean spinach leaves sourced from a field crop, then
Continue Reading Novel tech could be used to wash produce, finds study
Only 10 of almost 800 samples taken during food safety inspections were non-compliant, according to results published by the Ministry of Health in the Czech Republic.
From August to October 2017, the Regional Hygiene Stations
Continue Reading Produce checks largely compliant in Czech Republic
The FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. Romaine from the area has been linked to several foodborne illness outbreaks
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has identified emerging food safety risks, food chain vulnerability assessments and fresh produce traceability as areas for research.
The agency said research is needed to address gaps in
Continue Reading FSAI flags food safety research priorities
Moms often are in charge of food safety in the home. Make sure to thank them this year by
Continue Reading Keeping mom safe this Mother’s Day
It goes without saying that the current crisis response situation to SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) has and will continue to dominate our conversations and activities for some time to come. The economic, social, and emotional impacts
Continue Reading Keep your attention on routine produce safety practices during pandemic
The Environmental Working Group has finished crunching numbers from a government report and again says strawberries are at the top of the group’s Dirty Dozen list of fresh produce.
Every year the non-profit group takes
Continue Reading Raisins invade list as environmental group names ‘dirty’ fresh produce
