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 food firms in Iowa and Michigan about misbranding violations and more

Blount Fine Foods, of Fall River, MA, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat chicken soup products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The product contains milk, a known allergen that was not declared on the
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The latest round of warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) include a dairy company cited for inaccurate nutritional claims, two seafood processors for inadequate HACCP plans, and three cattle producers for excessive drug treatments. FDA found that Minerva Dairy in Minerva, OH, misbranded its Greek yogurt
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Makowski’s Real Sausage Co. in Chicago Saturday recalled some 1,305 pounds of cooked bratwurst sausage products because of misbranding and the undeclared allergen, milk, that is not declared on the label. No illnesses have yet been associated with the recalled sausage products. Subject to recall are: -10-lb. packages of “Real
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