A new study has found that over one-third of the fish carried by New York City grocery stores and restaurants are falsely labeled. These findings, published last week by ocean
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Congressman Walter Jones (R-N.C.) sent a letter to the Obama Administration Thursday asking that public health be a focus during
The apparent widespread fraud involving seafood labeling practices around ports of entry for imported fish poses a serious health risk for some, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Government warning letters to several food companies were released this week. Food Safety News earlier reported on problem with sprout production at Henrys Farms in Virginia. Other warning letter activity
A grocery store with locations in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia issued a voluntary recall of eight seafood products Friday because they were made with onions
Consumers are likely to see much more domestic farm-raised seafood bearing an organic label in the not-too-distant future. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a memo this week about
In the two years since the BP oil spill, most scientific research on its effects falls into one of two categories — seafood safety or environmental damage.
Now there are signs
On today’s second anniversary of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform, which killed 11 workers and caused the massive BP oil spill, there will be no gifts.
The
Ben England and Rick Quinn, whose clients leap over regulatory barriers with help from the bevy of consultants and attorneys at their aptly named FDAImports.com, are not mincing their
Washington State Fish & Wildlife officials were working in overdrive this week trying to track down geoducks — large, long-necked clams — that may have been improperly or unsafely harvested, King5 News
Foodborne illness outbreaks linked to imported food appeared to rise
between 2009 and 2010, according to a new analysis released by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday.
CDC
A University of British Columbia study found minute traces of Listeria in one fifth of ready-to-eat fish products purchased from Vancouver stores, but no Listeria in ready-to-eat meat products from