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
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High-pressure processing (HPP) is safe to use to destroy pathogens but it is not as effective on milk and some ready-to-eat foods, according to an EFSA opinion.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) experts assessed the safety and efficacy of HPP on food, whether it can be used to reduce
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Experts have put together a document with steps to help stakeholders manage food safety risks in traditional markets.
The report contains guidance on the promotion of safe and healthy food in traditional markets in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region. This involves identifying food safety issues, deciding on priorities
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FAO and WHO experts are to look again at Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.
The move by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) is due to developments in diagnostics and changes in the epidemiology of listeriosis outbreaks.
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on
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The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a seafood processor in Chile, Greece, and India and a Ready-To-Eat (RTE) salad, sandwich, and institutional meals manufacturing facility in New York because inspectors found significant violations of U.S. food safety laws at their operations.
Businesses have 15 days to
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Nearly 5,700 listeriosis-related hospitalizations occurred in Spain in less than 20 years, according to researchers.
Results suggest an increasing trend of listeriosis infection and hospitalization rates in Spain during the study period. In the past decade, incidence rates have increased or remained at relatively high levels across Europe. The study,
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Presence of any Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in ready-to-eat food is a potential risk to health, regardless of strain or genetic fingerprint, according to Food Standards Scotland (FSS).
The agency says it wants to make clear its position that such foods should not contain STEC. Presence of STEC in
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More than a third of audits and fact-finding missions by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) will deal with food safety this year.
The EC plans to conduct up to 211 audits and other on-the-spot visits in EU member states and countries outside the region.
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The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has called for views on proposed changes to its E. coli O157 guidance.
The document helps businesses comply with food hygiene legislation and control cross-contamination with E. coli O157.
Guidance is for local authorities and businesses that handle raw and ready-to-eat (RTE) foods. It
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B & H Foods in North Carolina is on notice from the FDA because the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes has been confirmed repeatedly during the past five years at its facilities.
“Based on FDA’s analytical results for the environmental sample and inspectional findings documented during the inspection, we have
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