Safety Food

It’s all the rage now. We’re talking about beef tallow, a standard cooking oil used in home kitchens and restaurants several generations ago, but almost forgotten now that it’s been mainly replaced by plant-based seed oils, which the American Heart Association has publicly […]

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The Food and Drug Administration has named Donna Garren as the new director for its office of produce safety. The office is housed in the FDA’s office of microbiology food safety. The responsibilities of the office include creating regulations, policies

The European Commission has assessed histamine controls in fishery products with training highlighted as one of the major problems. Histamine toxicity, also known as scombroid poisoning, is associated with consumption of spoiled fish, such as tuna, mackerel, and sardines. Proper

Several locations of Taco Bell have temporarily removed several fresh produce items from their menus because of outbreaks of infections from the cyclospora parasite. The restaurant chain has posted notices at some locations stating that they cannot serve lettuce, pica

Ten people are dead. Fifty-nine were hospitalized. The plant in Jarratt, VA, that made the liverwurst that killed them carried a documented record of filth going back years — product residue on food-contact surfaces, black mold on the walls, flies

California has become the first state to standardize sell-by dates on food labels. The law was touted as a way to decrease food waste in the state, but it has obvious ramifications for food safety. A similar bill in New

Poultry litter practices that may have downsides for food safety and the environment are subjects of a court battle that never seems to end. When Oklahoma’s Attorney General sued poultry companies for polluting the Illinois River Basin 25 years ago,

The number of issues raised at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety showed a continued increase. Attendees at the June meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed 79 trade concerns related

Fayus Inc., doing business as Yusol International Foods of Sacramento, CA, is recalling OLA-OLA POUNDED YAM because the product may contain undeclared milk in the form of sodium caseinate, which is not declared on the label. People with sensitivities or