The FDA has announced that its Import Divisions may detain without physical examination importations of enoki mushrooms from the Republic of Korea (ROK).
This country-wide import alert, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Enoki Mushrooms from
Continue Reading FDA issues country-wide import alert for enoki mushrooms from the Republic of Korea
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for Siluriformes products imported by Grand BK Corporation, a Carlstadt, N.J. firm.
The products were imported from Korea, a country
Continue Reading FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Siluriformes Products Imported from Korea
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has been given a grant to create an international food safety forum.
The almost AU $500,000 (U.S. $363,000) award was announced by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and
Continue Reading FSANZ gets grant for food safety forum; consults on produce rules
Nigeria is attempting to improve food safety with a range of training materials.
The Federal Ministry of Health launched a unified food safety training manual for capacity building of food vendors, handlers, manufacturers and personnel
Continue Reading Nigeria tries to boost food safety; FAO and Korea tackle AMR
Almost one-third of the year is in the rearview mirror at the federal Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and only two new multistate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses are on the books.
A dangerous outbreak
Continue Reading Light start for foodborne illness outbreaks in 2020
A California company is recalling fresh mushrooms imported from Korea after state testing returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes.
The company, Guan’s Mushroom Co. of Commerce, CA, is recalling all cases of its 200-gram/7.05-ounce packages
Continue Reading Another company recalls imported enoki mushrooms for Listeria
Four people are dead and at least 36 people across 17 states have been sickened in a three-year Listeria outbreak linked to mushrooms imported from Korea. The virulent strain has hospitalized at least 30 of
Continue Reading Fatalities reported in Listeria outbreak traced to imported mushrooms
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.
Raw oysters imported from Korea and sold in bulk to distributors and food establishments in Hawaii are being recalled. The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) said the individually quick frozen (IQF) packaged under the
Continue Reading Hawaii Recalls Korean Raw Oysters After Reports of Norovirus Illnesses
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added South Korea to the list of countries eligible to export poultry products to the U.S. after determining that the country’s poultry-inspection system is equivalent to ours. “Under this
Continue Reading South Korea Granted Poultry Inspection Equivalency
