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Meat sector review identifies areas for improvement

A review of meat processing plants in the United Kingdom following a number of high-profile issues has spurred a series of recommendations to improve the industry. Suggestions in the draft

By Joe Whitworth

/ 15 Oct 2018

Meat sector review identifies areas for improvement

Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

Opinion The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not known for changing up their relationships with the news media. That’s not necessarily

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Oct 2018

Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action

Although her appointment is stalled in the U.S. Senate with hundreds of others, the nomination of Mindy Brashears as the next U.S. Under Secretary for Food Safety puts

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Oct 2018

The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action

FDA cites botulism risk at seafood plant, filthy conditions at condiment plant

The FDA recently sent warning letters to officials with a seafood processing plant in Brooklyn, NY, and a company in Puerto Rico that makes seasoning mixes for shipment to the

By News Desk

/ 8 Oct 2018

FDA cites botulism risk at seafood plant, filthy conditions at condiment plant

Treating virulent strain of Salmonella as adulterant in largest beef recall in history

Yesterday’s big beef recall is the largest in history for possible Salmonella contamination, according to an online discussion involving retired USDA microbiologist Carl Custer. Custer responded to comments to

By Dan Flynn

/ 5 Oct 2018

Treating virulent strain of Salmonella as adulterant in largest beef recall in history

U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

A day after the CDC reported two dozen more people have been confirmed with Salmonella infections traced to eggs, a member of Congress asked the head of the Food and

By Coral Beach

/ 5 Oct 2018

U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety

Opinion Editor’s note: The FDA’s Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ostroff combined efforts for this column. We know how important it

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 4 Oct 2018

FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety

New U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal maintains status quo on food safety

The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, USMCA contains food safety provisions not unlike the North American Free Trade Agreement it seeks to replace, but not the kind of changes some wanted.

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Oct 2018

New U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal maintains status quo on food safety

FDA says pesticide/herbicide levels OK in most food; glyphosate within legal limits

A special testing program showed more than 60 percent of corn and soybeans sampled by the Food and Drug Administration were positive for glyphosate and glufosinate residues in FY 2016,

By Coral Beach

/ 2 Oct 2018

FDA says pesticide/herbicide levels OK in most food; glyphosate within legal limits

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Paul Moede of FSIS

Contributed Editor’s note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles being published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, republished

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 2 Oct 2018

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Paul Moede of FSIS

FDA releases video testimonials to enhance retail food safety education

Contributed Editor’s note: This is part of series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month. In an effort to

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 30 Sep 2018

FDA releases video testimonials to enhance retail food safety education

Fipronil and Salmonella lead notifications in RASFF report

Fipronil in eggs and Salmonella in poultry meat from Brazil dominated information exchanges between European countries in 2017, according to the annual Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)

By Joe Whitworth

/ 27 Sep 2018

Fipronil and Salmonella lead notifications in RASFF report

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Meat sector review identifies areas for improvement

Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

The leadership burden at FSIS gives Senate another reason to take action

FDA cites botulism risk at seafood plant, filthy conditions at condiment plant

Treating virulent strain of Salmonella as adulterant in largest beef recall in history

U.S. representative wants to know what FDA is doing to ensure egg safety

FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety

New U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal maintains status quo on food safety

FDA says pesticide/herbicide levels OK in most food; glyphosate within legal limits

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Paul Moede of FSIS

FDA releases video testimonials to enhance retail food safety education

Fipronil and Salmonella lead notifications in RASFF report