Safety Food

Another person has died in a Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry flocks. It is the largest Salmonella outbreak this year. There have been no recalls issued for the live animals and won’t be because neither FDA nor USDA have […]

A partnership between the World Health Organization (WHO) and Singapore has been expanded to include risk assessment. Singapore Food Agency’s (SFA) National Centre for Food Science (NCFS) has been a WHO collaborating center since 1992 focused on food contamination monitoring.

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

Made Fresh Salads Inc. of Bay Shore, NY, is recalling all Ready to Eat Deli Style Salads and cream cheese, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The various salads were distributed in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx

September is National Food Safety Education Month. Most of what gets said about it concerns thermometers and washing your hands, and that is worth saying. What it leaves out is the year-round work of a few dozen organizations on the

More than 80 people have fallen sick in a Salmonella outbreak in France connected to pumpkin seeds. Santé Publique France and the National Reference Centre for Salmonella at the Institut Pasteur have identified 81 people infected by Salmonella Enteritidis. Strains

The European Commission is consulting on plans to introduce cereulide limits for infant formula. Proposals cover dried infant formula, dried dietary foods for special medical purposes intended for infants under 6 months, and dried follow-on formula. The goal is to

The Indonesian Government has been urged to stop its case-by-case approach to poisoning incidents connected to the school meals program. The MBG Watch Coalition said the government should declare an official food poisoning outbreak or a food safety emergency. In

Prime Line Distributors Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, FL., and Ferrarini USA Inc. of Hoboken, NJ, are recalling 1,513 pounds of imported ready-to-eat (RTE) pork products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. 

Sept. 6 Sunday Edition: Looking Back at the Big Stories of the Summer Hello FSN+ members, We are not producing a fresh Sunday Edition newsletter this week due to the Labor Day holiday. As our membership continues to grow, here