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Britain is sleepwalking through its biggest food safety crisis since the horse meat scandal, according to a report on meat smuggling. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said it is unacceptable that there is no publicly available data showing […]

Speed is essential to a well-managed recall. The faster consumers are alerted and understand what to do, the faster contaminated products can be identified, returned, or discarded. That’s why QR codes—yes, the same ones used to scan menus or board

The Middlefield Original Cheese Co-Op facility in Middlefield, OH, is recalling a variety of its cheeses because testing showed contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products were produced on May 30 and Aug. 13, and distributed in Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin

Shaikh Al Kar brand plain halva is being recalled in Canada because government testing showed Salmonella contamination. The recalling firm is Nabil Boutamina dba as Mediterranean Halal Meats, according to the recall notice from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The

The Campbells’s Company will stop using artificial food dyes in 2026, joining several other companies that have made similar promises in response to a request from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In announcing the switch, the

An Australian woman has been sentenced to life in prison for serving her relatives a meal that included death cap mushrooms. Erin Patterson, aged 50, also received a non-parole period of 33 years during the sentencing at the Supreme Court

Beef is big for Brazil, and it’s not just those popular Brazilian steakhouses like Rodizio Grill or the country’s domestic consumption. It has been nearly two decades since Brazil became the world’s largest beef exporter, with China as its largest

Another 50 cases have been added to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in Europe and the United States, taking the total number of people sick to almost 300. From January 2023 to September 2025, 289 confirmed cases of Salmonella Strathcona have

Federal public health officials are investigating a new outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes. As of the posting of the outbreak, officials had confirmed 25 patients. The Food and Drug Administration has not released the patients’ ages or where they

German officials have revealed a rare type of E. coli is responsible for a serious outbreak in the country. The National Reference Center (NRZ) for Salmonella and other bacterial enteritis pathogens at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said identification of