Food outlets in the most deprived areas are less likely to meet hygiene standards than those in the least deprived regions of England and Wales, according to a study.
Takeaways, sandwich shops and convenience retailers
Continue Reading Outlets in poor areas less likely to meet food hygiene standards
Dear Editor,
I am submitting this letter in response to Dan Flynn’s earlier piece regarding pork inspection line speeds.
The federal government’s decision to put pork producers in charge of their own food safety
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: USDA move to outsource inspections is recipe for disaster
Fresh produce plays an important part of an overall healthy diet. While millions of servings of fresh produce are consumed safely every day, recent outbreaks of foodborne illness have once again placed produce safety
Continue Reading Administrators promise new attention to ag water amid romaine outbreaks
Su Jin Kong, the imported food policy director for the Republic of Korea, learned on Dec.16 that his country’s regulation for processed poultry products continues to be equivalent to that of the United States.
The
Continue Reading Korea’s food safety regulations for poultry found equivalent to U.S.
Most soft fruits exported from Serbia to Europe are not subject to official controls at primary production levels, according to a recently released audit report.
DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for policy on food
Continue Reading EU audit finds issues with Serbian controls of fruit
There is a declining trend in food controls and the resources allocated to them across Europe, according to a consumer group.
The European Consumer Organization (BEUC) analyzed reports submitted by 12 member states on official
Continue Reading Consumer group finds decline in EU food safety controls, funding
Almost half of businesses in England don’t display their food hygiene ratings, according to figures from the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
Rates of displaying stickers visible from outside the premises was 52 percent in England,
Continue Reading Tourists, locals shouldn’t expect inspection scores on England’s restaurants; only half use stickers
The felony indictments of Antillio Graniello and Randal Hamby, both associated with Amigos Meat Distributors in Atlanta, topped USDA’s enforcement actions this past quarter.
Hamby died before the case was ready to go to trial,
Continue Reading FSIS enforcement from the plant floor to federal criminal courts in 1Q of FY 2019
Food standard violations at 874 facilities around the country in FY 2018 fell into one of five categories, according to a company that helps other businesses with FDA compliance. Registrar Corp. says the latest round
Continue Reading Report details most common violations at FDA-regulated food facilities
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part opinion piece. To read part one, please click here.
In the previous article, I wrote about the decades-old public health problem of poultry-borne salmonellosis.
Continue Reading Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry
I’ve been in the food service industry all of my life. As a child, I remember spending the warm summer days sitting on the front porch of my Grandma’s country store – a convenience store
Continue Reading A Day in the Life of an Inspector: Is that a dead goat?
