Safety Food

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) was among a dozen groups to comment on plans by the European Commission to introduce cereulide limits for infant formula. USDEC’s main concerns were around analytical considerations and transitional measures. The council represents trade […]

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

LEASA Industries Co. Inc. of Miami, FL, has recalled its alfalfa sprouts because of possible contamination with E. coli. The recall was not posted on the Food and Drug Administration’s main recall page, but was posted on its enforcement report,

The CEO of Taylor Farms has issued a statement in the wake of the country’s largest ever Cyclospora outbreak this summer, which was linked to iceberg lettuce from the company’s operation in Central Mexico. The outbreak sickened almost 13,000 people,

Gallup released new polling today and the numbers should make everyone in government and the food industry very uncomfortable. Only 65 percent of Americans are now very or somewhat confident that food sold in grocery stores is safe to eat. That is

The leading organization responsible for children’s health is calling for a nationwide ban on the sale of raw milk, and raw milk products, because of its propensity to be contaminated with foodborne bacteria, parasites and viruses. The American Academy of

The FDA continues to keep secret the seed supplier behind an outbreak of Salmonella Bovismorbificans infections linked to broccoli sprouts and microgreens grown from a contaminated seed lot. As of Oct. 7,  there were 32 confirmed patients spread across six states.

The Food and Drug Administration has initiated onsite inspections in two outbreak investigations. One of the outbreaks involves E. coli O26:H11 infections from unpasteurized Sierra Nevada Graziers grass-fed raw milk cheeses, which were distributed nationwide. The Food and Drug Administration has

Two foodborne botulism cases have been identified in an area of Switzerland. The Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) has issued a recall for a product sold at local markets because of a suspected connection to the two botulism

Scientists have detailed the country-level investigations into a Salmonella outbreak traced to meat produced in Poland. In July 2023, Denmark and Austria reported two outbreaks of Salmonella Enteritidis. A total of 207 patients across 11 countries were found. The United