The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued an average of two alerts per week in 2019 about products subject to withdrawal or recall.
This past year, a 107 alerts were issued made up of
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Microbial recalls up but overall alerts down in Australia
Undeclared allergens and microbial contamination were responsible for the majority of recalls in Australia this past year.
Undeclared allergens caused 32 of the 87 recalls in 2019 while 30 were due to microbial contamination. In
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Import alert changes involve undeclared allergens, illegal colors, seafood
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
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Canadian firm recalls H-E-B soup; U.S. officials issue alert
Federal officials have issued a public health alert about certain imported chicken soup packaged under the H-E-B brand because consumer complaints led to the discovery that it is misbranded and contains undeclared allergens.
Canyon Creek
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Kentucky firm recalls 60 tons of pork, turkey products for undeclared soy
Blue Grass Quality Meats initiated a recall of more than 121,000 pounds of bacon and turkey products after a supplier notified the company of an undeclared allergen, soy, in one of the ingredients.
The Erlanger,
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FDA may add sesame to list of major food allergens requiring label disclosure
An estimate of 17 percent of children who have food allergies are allergic to sesame, according to research published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Sesame is one of the 10 most common childhood food
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USDA issues warning about misbranded pork sausages
A routine inspection uncovered improper labeling on sausages, spurring the USDA to issue a public warning.
The warning from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said a recall was not
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Australia reports record high number of recalls
A record-high level of food incidents and recalls have been recorded in Australia, according to the annual report of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.
The food safety team at Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
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New drug could make peanuts less dangerous for some kids
Editor’s note: Before introducing peanuts or peanut products to children with known peanut allergies or infants whose allergy status is unknown parents should consult with pediatricians. Immunotherapy is not effective for everyone and uncontrolled exposure
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Consumer complaints spur recall of some Marie Callender’s frozen entrees
Astrochef LLC of Rockwall, TX, is recalling 11,475 pounds of Marie Callender’s frozen chicken pub style entrees that are labeled as beef pub style entrees for misbranding and because they contain soy, which is not
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Retailer customer’s complaint about allergen labeling spurs sausage recall
An Oregon company is recalling almost 200 pounds of pork sausage because it contains pistachios, which are tree nuts, that are not declared on the label as required by federal law.
Olympia Meats of Portland,
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