Safety Food

The Food and Drug Administration is warning restaurants and retailers not to serve or sell certain oysters from British Columbia because of contamination with norovirus. On Feb. 3, the Washington Department of Public Health advised the FDA of a norovirus-like […]

Juniper Granola LLC of Rochester, NY, is recalling Chocolate Cherry and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Junebars because they may contain undeclared milk and soy.  People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk or soy run the risk of

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections. The source of the outbreak has not been determined. The FDA reports that there are seven confirmed patients in the outbreak. However, the agency is not

European data has shown a slight rise in findings of residues of veterinary medicines in animals and animal products and a decrease in samples. A report details the presence of authorized and banned substances and their residues in food from

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned raw pet food poses a considerable risk to the public following testing that found products were often contaminated. Raw pet foods do not undergo heat treatment to eliminate pathogenic bacteria during the production

Slade Gorton & Co. Inc., is recalling lot 3896 of Wellsley Farms Farm-Raised Atlantic Salmon because it is contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product was sold only in BJ’s Wholesale Club stores in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York,

CS Beef Packers LLC, of Kuna, ID, is recalling 22,912 pounds of raw ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli O145, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The raw ground beef

It’s not unusual for the Food and Drug Administration to close outbreak investigations without identifying a food source or posting a company recall notice, and that’s not good enough according to a consumer watchdog group. The Education Fund of the

The challenges raised by online food sales require special attention and a possible rethinking of existing legal systems, according to a report. The study, published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), examined food e-commerce with regards to food

The FDA has launched a review of the food preservative BHA, which was first approved by the agency in 1961. As part of the review of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), the Food and Drug Administration is issuing a Request for Information