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Eating raw or undercooked beans poses a health risk because of the potential presence of lectins, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The European Commission asked EFSA to conduct an assessment because of illnesses linked to the consumption […]

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15

Authorities in Hong Kong received 44 complaints in the past three years relating to food products bought online. The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) received 22 complaints in 2023 and 11 each in 2024 and 2025 involving restricted food

Editor’s Note: We apologize for the delayed delivery of today’s Sunday Edition due to technical issues. We are addressing those and will resume our normal publication schedule next week. Quick bites from the food safety arena this week Food safety

Koikoi Trading Inc. is recalling certain lots of FU ZHOU FISH BALL products in multiple pack sizes — 200-gram, 400-gram, and 5-pound — because the products may contain undeclared allergens: wheat and sesame.  People who have an allergy or severe

Bills in state legislatures in Michigan and Oklahoma would ease laws on the sale of unpasteurized, raw milk. The bills fly in the face of advice from local and state public health officials across the country, as well as the

Dietary supplements continued to dominate a European report on suspected non-compliances with almost 30 cases mentioning the United States. There were 196 reports in December 2025 compared to 194 in November and 223 in October. Earlier data shows 164 notices in

The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a new partner to support efforts to estimate the burden of foodborne diseases. The Research Group for Risk Benefit at the DTU National Food Institute in Lyngby, Denmark, was named as a WHO Collaborating Centre

Twenty more people have been confirmed as patients in a Salmonella outbreak linked to moringa leaf capsules and powder. Since the most recent update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Jan. 15, the number of ill people

U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin has reintroduced the Dietary Supplement Listing Act, legislation to require dietary supplement manufacturers to register their products with the FDA.   Consideration of the bill comes amidst a Salmonella outbreak traced to Live it Up brand