Maître Saladier Inc. of Quebec, Canada, is recalling 6,000 pounds of Lorraine Quiche products containing pork that were not presented for import reinspection into the United States, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The Lorraine Quiche […]
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STOP Foodborne Illness (STOP), a non-governmental organization led by Sandra Eskin, is expanding its affiliated Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness by adding Amazon, Amerisan, the Meat Institute, Mérieux NutriSciences, and Yum! Brands to its collaborative effort to prevent foodborne illness and
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A series of inspection reports have been published recently by authorities in Norway. In one of them, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) carried out inspections on businesses that produce ready-to-eat meat products, such as sliced cooked ham and cured
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Mindy Brashears from Texas Tech University was confirmed on Dec. 17 by the U.S. Senate for an unprecedented second term as Under Secretary of the USDA for food safety. President Trump nominated her on June 2 to the same position
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The Food and Drug Administration has released additional information on several foodborne illness outbreaks in Executive Incident Summary Abstracts. Portions of the reports were redacted. For an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections traced to alphafa sprouts reported in August this
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Federal authorities are reducing the frequency of reports on the infant botulism outbreak traced to ByHeart powdered infant formula. So far the outbreak has sickened 51 babies across 19 states. All of the babies have required hospitalization but none have
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A review led by health experts has revealed that foodborne illnesses are among the most common public health threats at youth-focused mass gatherings. The analysis was done to identify and understand the risks at multi-day events. It included 23 records,
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New Zealand is planning to change the import requirements for several products, including stricter measures on tahini and sesame paste. A comment period covers dried spices (chili, pepper, and paprika); milk and dairy products; bivalve molluscan shellfish (BMS) and BMS
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