Penn Dutch, which sold meat, poultry, and seafood at two locations in Broward County, FL, has filed for liquidation after closing its stores earlier this month because of listeria contamination.
Mary Wilkerson, quality control officer for the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of America, has been released from a federal prison in Tallahassee, FL, to a half-way house in Atlanta.
Wilkerson, 46,
Environmental factors impacting the risk of produce becoming contaminated in the Yuma growing region of Arizona are the subject of a new study.
University of Arizona (UA) Cooperative Extension scientists
At least 100 people have fallen ill in the past three years after eating British eggs, with almost half of them stricken this year.
Public Health England (PHE) has recorded
Thomas and Sheri Eckert found a friend in David Bronner, CEO of the top-selling natural brand of soap. Dr. Bronner’s is matching up to $150,000 in contributions to
European networks tasked with identifying emerging risks discussed 18 potential issues in 2018.
They were classified according to hazard with microbiological responsible for 10 issues, two for chemical and other,
An agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Mexican tomato growers is now in effect. It means the U.S. border is again open to Mexico’s $2
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service isn’t changing the way it deals with non-ambulatory disabled pigs.
An animal activist organization, Farm Sanctuary, had petitioned FSIS to have non-ambulatory
Opinion
USDA’s Mindy Brashears submitted this column to Food Safety News this week.
In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s new regulatory system for market hogs is a direct descendant of the food safety reforms first put in place after the
With the deadline approaching, new safety rules for truck drivers, including definitions for agricultural commodities are not getting much public feedback.
The deadline for comments is Sept. 27, 2019, and
