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As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days […]

Registration is now open for the 2026 Food Safety Summit, taking place May 11–14 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.  Recognized as one of the leading educational events for food safety professionals, the Summit includes education

Quick bites from the food safety arena The Food and Drug Administration has recommended the recall of all Rosabella brand moringa powder capsules following amidst a new outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections. This strain of Salmonella is resistant to all first-line antibiotics

IF Copack LLC doing business as Initiative Foods is recalling one lot of the “Tippy Toes” brand Apple Pear Banana Fruit puree because of elevated levels of patulin. Patulin is a naturally occurring mycotoxin, which is produced by molds that

Certain Stellar Bay Shellfish brand oysters are being recalled in Canada because of norovirus contamination. There have been illnesses associated with consumption of the recalled oysters, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The recall was triggered by a CFIA

Investigators from the Food and Drug Administration are looking into a new outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections traced to moringa powder capsules. The implicated capsules are sold under the Rosabella brand. The moringa was distributed by Ambrosia Brands LLC. There

The FDA has declared that a deadly outbreak traced to pasta meals has ended. The outbreak of infections from Listeria monocytogenes sickened 28 people from 19 states, killing seven. All but one of the patients required hospitalization. One infection in

More than 100 people have fallen sick from foodborne illnesses in Hong Kong so far this year with the majority getting ill after eating oysters. The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health said the elderly, pregnant

The potential for bacteria to survive cleaning and disinfection means washing routines must be continuously assessed to maintain food safety, according to a scientist. Thorben O. Reiche, from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, investigated how bacterial communities in

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