Food Safety News

Police in Austria have arrested a man after the discovery of rat poison in baby food.

The 39-year-old man was arrested a few days ago and is being questioned in connection with the incident involving Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

Officials in a Swedish region have received more than 300 reports of suspected food poisoning after eating at local restaurants.

Authorities in Lerum said the outbreak can be traced to two Gobi Sushi restaurants in Floda and Lerum. The outlets have been closed at the request of authorities since April

Improving foodborne disease surveillance could avoid millions of illnesses while generating major economic benefits, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

A WHO analysis calculated the average return on investment for disease surveillance in 17 countries with intermediate levels of food safety system development.

Following consumer complaints, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for ravioli pasta products because of misbranding and undeclared allergens. 

The ravioli labeled as beef and burrata may actually contain shrimp filling in lobster sauce. The shrimp and lobster, known

Local media in South Bend, IN, are reporting that almost two dozen inmates at a county jail are part of a Salmonella outbreak.

The 23 inmates at St. Joseph County Jail became ill on April 29 with symptoms including diarrhea, dehydration and fever. The jail’s medical staff determined

A company in England has been fined for food safety failings behind a Salmonella outbreak in 2024.

Bracknell Tangs Management, the operator of Tangs Oriental Buffet Restaurant in Bracknell, pleaded guilty to four food safety offences in April at Reading Magistrates Court and was fined £25,000 ($34,000)

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 to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are

The number of suspected frauds reported by countries in Europe has passed 200 for the first time this year.

Six alerts mentioned the United States in March including an unauthorized food supplement operator with a missing certificate and document forgery.

The a2 Milk Company (“a2MC”) has voluntarily recalled three specific batches of its imported a2 Platinum Premium USA label infant formula 0-12 months because it is contaminated with cereulide.

Cereulide is a heat-stable toxin produced by some strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus. Illness occurs through the consumption

Public health officials say cross contamination in a restaurant was responsible for a Salmonella outbreak that sickened a possible 86 people.

The Piper Arms restaurant in Stone Creek, Ontario, Canada, has finally reopened after being closed since April 13. There are 29 confirmed patients, 57 patients who are awaiting conformation,

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 listed below.

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Canada has announced support for a program designed to strengthen food safety and plant and animal health.

Funding of CAD $500,000 (U.S. $366,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) will go toward improving the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity of the public and private

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for meat and poultry products containing FDA-regulated dairy ingredients that may be contaminated with Salmonella. 

FSIS expects additional downstream products will be identified as this ingredient recall progresses. As more information becomes available,

An outbreak of hepatitis A has spurred the FDA to issue a public alert about fresh-frozen blood clams imported from Ecuador and sold under the La Serranita brand.

The outbreak is under investigation by the New York State Department of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The