Iceland has been authorized to apply special requirements concerning Salmonella in meat and eggs from domestic fowl and meat from turkeys.
A unit of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has prosecuted a red meat cutting plant due to food hygiene deficiencies.
Asia Halal Meat Suppliers Ltd, based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom, was fined £14,666 (U.S. $19,200) plus
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Chunwei Inc. of Huntington Park, CA, is recalling 65,000 pounds of various ready-to-eat and raw meat and poultry products — including chicken feet and duck tongues —because they are misbranded and may contain soy, wheat,
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
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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.
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Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) infections are at the lowest level since 2009, according to Dutch surveillance statistics.
In 2017, 393 patients with STEC infection were reported, compared with more than 600 in 2016.
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Spanish authorities have dismantled an organization that distributed meat in poor conditions.
The Guardia Civil and Dirección General de Salut Pública de la Conselleria de la Generalitat Valenciana operation led to more than 1,000 tons
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Bakkavor Foods USA Inc., with facilities in Carson, CA, Charlotte, NC, and Jessup, PA, Sunday recalled approximately 795,261 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that contain an onion ingredient that may be contaminated with
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Note on the author: Carmen Rottenberg, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service posted this alert today.
As the head of a public health agency that ensures the safety of meat and
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
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CC Kitchens LLC in Cincinnati recalled approximately 269 pounds of meat and poultry products early Friday that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and outside inspection hours, according to the U.S. Department of
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