The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as
Continue Reading Modified alerts target imported shrimp, papayas, canned crabmeat and more
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated in parts of Mexico and the United States in commemoration of the Mexican Army’s victory in 1862 over the French forces of Napoleon III. The holiday is also
Continue Reading Food safety tips for Cinco de Mayo celebrations
Officials in a Mexican state have issued a warning after suspicions that more than 50 people fell sick from eating meat contaminated with Clenbuterol.
Health services in Morelos called on people to remain vigilant for
Continue Reading Suspected Clenbuterol poisonings in Mexico under investigation
France has become the fifth country to report Listeria in enoki mushrooms from South Korea.
It was already known that 36 people fell sick and four died in the United States from November 2016 to
Continue Reading France also affected by Listeria in enoki mushrooms
Researchers have developed a device that detects low concentrations of methanol in alcoholic beverages.
Swiss experts have created and tested a portable device paired with a smartphone app that can measure methanol levels. When placed
Continue Reading Researchers develop device to measure methanol in alcohol
In 2019, multiple outbreaks of cyclosporiasis were identified and found to be linked to different produce items, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
About 10 percent of ill
Continue Reading U.S. cyclospora infections increasing; fresh produce behind many cases
Although the most recent confirmed illness onset date was July 26, the CDC waited until Monday to declare the end to a cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to basil from Mexico.
The tally of laboratory-confirmed patients stands
Continue Reading CDC logs 241 confirmed victims in Cyclospora outbreak traced to basil
An agreement between the U.S. Department of Commerce and Mexican tomato growers is now in effect. It means the U.S. border is again open to Mexico’s $2 billion tomato export market.
While just about everyone
Continue Reading Produce markets in U.S. are again getting their fill of Mexican tomatoes
Parasite season, specifically Cyclospora season, is showing no signs of ending early this year, with the CDC reporting more than 1,600 people infected since May 1.
The laboratory-confirmed patients span 33 states and the District
Continue Reading Cyclospora update shows more than 1,600 infected since May
The Keurig Dr Pepper company today announced a recall of an unspecified volume of its Peñafiel brand unflavored mineral spring water because an independent laboratory found “volative levels of arsenic” in samples.
The company reported
Continue Reading Lab tests prompt Keurig Dr Pepper to recall water because of arsenic level
As of early June, nine people have been sickened by the Cyclospora parasite in England this year, with the source of infection not yet known.
The sick people had traveled to several other countries, including
Continue Reading Cyclospora parasites have infected nine in England so far this year
