Safety Food

The Department of Health and Human Services is requesting $72 million for food safety efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in fiscal year 2026. The request is a relatively small portion of the $94.7 billion for HHS […]

Experts have identified four key areas that make the case for investing in foodborne disease data and turning information into action. The four imperatives were revealed in a Health Talks series webinar as part of World Food Safety Day. They

Movement is underway to establish a center for food authenticity testing in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) is leading development of a concept note and feasibility study for the center, in consultation with other countries and

Hofood99 Inc. of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling its 200-gram packages of enoki mushrooms, because tests have shown they are contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled mushrooms were distributed nationwide in retail stores. The product comes in a 200-gram, green plastic

Marini Foods Limited is recalling Rea brand Genoa Salami and Bona brand Genova Salami from the marketplace because of possible Salmonella contamination, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). This recall was triggered by findings from the CFIA during

Bornstein Seafoods Inc. of Bellingham, WA, is recalling 44,550 pounds of its Cooked & Peeled Ready-To-Eat Coldwater Shrimp Meat because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, particularly in young children,

P. East Trading Corp Distributors of Bronx, NY, is recalling its Salted Smoked Split Herring because the product, found to be over 5 inches in length and uneviscerated, has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that

Amos Miller could not be blamed for wishing it were last year.  That’s when he was a star in the middle of a campaign that helped deliver Pennsylvania to President Trump, when his views about raw milk were being promoted

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is looking into an increase in hepatitis A cases. UKHSA and other health agencies are investigating two clusters of hepatitis A virus (HAV) with dozens of confirmed patients. In the first, 31 people are

Slovakia, New Zealand and Lithuania have issued separate warnings about the dangers of Listeria monocytogenes. In Slovakia, a regional public health agency informed a local food administration about the death of an elderly man, which may have been caused by