Safety Food

More than six months after a deadly Listeria outbreak was traced to Boar’s Head deli meat, the company has hired a chief food safety officer. Natalie Dyenson will begin work for the family owned, billion dollar company on May 12, […]

Cromer Food Services, Inc. is recalling all lots of its “CFS Cromer Food Services, Inc. brand Chicken Salad on White Sandwich” because the product contains undeclared milk, posing a risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions for consumers with milk

Frito-Lay is recalling certain 13-ounce bags of “Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips” because they may contain nacho cheese tortilla chips with undeclared milk, posing a risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions for consumers with milk allergies or

The patient count in an outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes is increasing as the Food and Drug Administration continues to look for a cause. As of March 27, the outbreak had sickened 30 people, up from 28 a week

The European Commission has answered several questions around new rules on the use of Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) in foodborne outbreak investigations. In a frequently asked questions document, the EU Commission has explained how member states should implement the new

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 posted by the agency, are

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded its warning to restaurants, retailers and consumers not to serve, sell or eat certain frozen half-shell oysters from South Korea’s Designated Area II, linked to a norovirus outbreak in California. The update

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a major restructuring today, consolidating multiple agencies into a new Administration for Healthy America (AHA) and reducing its workforce by 10,000 positions. The department said the plan aims to streamline

Idaho Smokehouse Partners LLC of Shelley, ID, has updated its recall of 29,541 pounds—more than 14 tons—of ready-to-eat beef sticks after two consumers reported finding metal pieces in the product. Initially announced on March 20, 2025, the recall has been

Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA of Suffolk, VA, is recalling 692 cases of Our Family Traverse City Cherry Artificially Flavored Decaf Light Roast Ground Coffee because a portion of the production was mislabeled as decaffeinated when it may contain caffeine.  The