Researchers have reported on issues found at a company linked to a Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 60 people in Italy in 2022.
The paper in the Italian Journal of Food Safety describes the investigation of a monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that occurred in the Marche region in 2022
Continue Reading Researchers determine Salmonella outbreak in Italy caused by pork product
The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
Continue Reading FDA warns Cleveland seafood firm about multiple problems
The latest version of a handbook for companies throughout the supply chain who want to develop a new food safety system or strengthen an existing one has been released by the International Finance Corp.
The fourth edition has input from industry experts to identify and eliminate problems along the supply
Continue Reading IFC updates handbook to help firms ensure food safety
The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a Massachusetts bakery, two seafood processing facilities in China and Greece because inspectors found significant violations of U.S. food safety laws at their operations.
Businesses have 15 days to respond in writing to the FDA after receiving a warning letter.
Continue Reading Bakery, seafood processors warned by FDA
The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a seafood processor in Chile, Greece, and India and a Ready-To-Eat (RTE) salad, sandwich, and institutional meals manufacturing facility in New York because inspectors found significant violations of U.S. food safety laws at their operations.
Businesses have 15 days to
Continue Reading Seafood processors, RTE meals manufacturing facility warned by FDA
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published a report that it says can be used as a basis to improve safety for artisan Scottish producers making cheese from unpasteurized milk.
The literature review, by Catherine Donnelly, provides evidence to Scottish artisan cheesemakers and enforcement officials in managing the microbiological safety of
Continue Reading FSS report suggests ways to improve pathogen control in raw milk cheeses
Two meat companies in the United Kingdom have been fined for hygiene offences in separate incidents.
Sandwell Foods, which trades under the name Halal World, was found guilty of four food hygiene offences.
In the second case, Yorkshire Abattoir Services was judged guilty of 12 charges.
Sandwell Foods pleaded guilty
Continue Reading UK meat firms fined for hygiene failings
Continue Reading HACCP Principles: No. 4 Details matter — as does training
A seafood processor in Indonesia is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HAACP) regulation.
According to the Dec. 29 warning letter recently made public by the FDA, the processor’s frozen vacuum packaged tuna were rendered injurious
Continue Reading Seafood processor nets FDA warning for lack of hazard plan
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of three guest opinion columns by Jim Mann in recognition of September as National Food Safety Month.)
