Safety Food

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) investigated several illness reports linked to a brand of infant formula earlier this year. Officials declined to name the company, product, or local authority, stating there was no present […]

The FDA is investigating two new outbreaks, one of Listeria infections and one of E. coli O157:H7 infections. The has not determined the pathogen source for either outbreak. For the outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes, 40 patients have been identified. The

A consent decree filed in a federal court in Minnesota bars Gold Star Distribution Inc. from distributing food because of persistent insanitary conditions. The company had been distributing products including food from a facility that the Food and Drug Administration

Detection of the same type of Campylobacter in several countries has challenged previous beliefs that it is associated with unrelated infections. Researchers reported the previously unrecognized circulation of a multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli sequence type across Europe during 2018 to 2025.

Berlin Seeds, of Millersburg, OH, is recalling 950 pounds of alfalfa sprouting seed because the seed has the potential to be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli and/or Salmonella. To date, one illnesses has been reported directly to Berlin Seeds

Star Meat Delivery Inc. of Lucama, NC, is recalling 167,639 pounds of raw pork, beef and goat products that were produced without federal inspection and bearing labels with a fake USDA mark of inspection, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection

Wakefern Food Corp. is recalling Wholesome Pantry Organic Unsweetened Apple Sauce after routine FDA testing identified elevated patulin levels that exceed food safety limits. Patulin is a naturally occurring substance produced by molds that grow on damaged or bruised apples

As foodborne illness outbreaks have grabbed headlines, confidence in the federal government’s stewardship of the food system has faltered. The Administration has sought to redirect public attention towards the nation’s obesity epidemic, and its promise of getting us all to

Officials have been unable to confirm exactly how about 175 people fell sick with norovirus at a camp in Belgium at the end of August. An investigation into the outbreak at Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas) involved the regional

Plans to create Scottish-specific pathogen thresholds have been dropped, according to an update on foodborne illness in the country. Food Standards Scotland (FSS) said it would follow the approach set for the United Kingdom by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).