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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

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

Former food safety manager for PCA wants Supreme Court to review her case

Mary Wilkerson, who says she was given the title of quality assurance manager for the now-defunct Peanut Corporation of American (PCA), but “apparently not the authority,” wants the U.

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Sep 2018

Former food safety manager for PCA wants Supreme Court to review her case

Domestic dairy owners, foreign seafood processor warned about illegal activities

The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a Nebraska dairy and a seafood processor in Thailand because inspectors found significant violations of U.S. food safety laws

By News Desk

/ 24 Sep 2018

Domestic dairy owners, foreign seafood processor warned about illegal activities

Three countries with 30 foreign catfish producers want access to U.S. market

The federal government is taking comments for 30 days about whether China, Vietnam and Thailand should be listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as eligible to export Siluriformes

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Sep 2018

Three countries with 30 foreign catfish producers want access to U.S. market

Arizona growers hope new leafy greens protocols will help prevent outbreaks

Analysis For months romaine growers, consumer advocates, researchers and government agencies have been scrutinizing factors that contributed to this year’s deadly E. coli outbreak. As of this week — about

By Coral Beach

/ 20 Sep 2018

Arizona growers hope new leafy greens protocols will help prevent outbreaks

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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

Former food safety manager for PCA wants Supreme Court to review her case

Domestic dairy owners, foreign seafood processor warned about illegal activities

Three countries with 30 foreign catfish producers want access to U.S. market

Arizona growers hope new leafy greens protocols will help prevent outbreaks

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