2 months 1 week ago
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, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia from Jan. 31
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2 months 1 week ago
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 items were produced on Jan. 14.
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2 months 1 week ago
Nearly half of the 2025 investigations did not find the source of the foodborne pathogen involved.
Coral Beach
2 months 1 week ago
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 safety and consumer protection. It looked at how legal systems
Joe Whitworth
2 months 1 week ago
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 to the public and industry. The chemical is used in
News Desk
2 months 1 week ago
A specialized Italian unit has revealed highlights from food controls this past year including meat and olive oil fraud as well as the illegal slaughter of horses for meat.
Information comes from a report on Carabinieri NAS activities in 2025. The Carabinieri NAS is focused on public health protection. It
Joe Whitworth
2 months 1 week ago
WHO and FAO call for data on infant formula
Joe Whitworth
2 months 1 week ago
Two children have died in a suspected food poisoning incident in a South African province.
The Eastern Cape Department of Health said four other children who were admitted to a hospital have been discharged. One young boy remains in critical care at a different hospital.
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2 months 1 week ago
A nonprofit group committed to increasing food safety has filed a petition asking the FDA to reverse its practice of withholding the names of companies whose foods are linked to outbreaks.
STOP Foodborne Illness filed the petition to challenge the Food and Drug Administration’s use of a loophole
Coral Beach
2 months 1 week ago
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2 months 1 week ago
Plus: A Salmonella outbreak has ended after 49 people fell sick
Joe Whitworth
2 months 1 week ago
Veteran journalist and media executive joins nonprofit to lead next chapter of independent food safety journalism
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2 months 1 week ago
The leader of the congressional Food Safety Caucus says there is no reason to believe that the Boar’s Head production plant linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak is safe to reopen.
The outbreak sickened at least 57 people across 18 states, killing 10 in 2024. The company had
Coral Beach
2 months 1 week ago
A deadly outbreak in California has been traced to consumption of death cap mushrooms.
More than three dozen people have been poisoned, with four of them having died and three needing liver transplants according to the California Department of Public Health.
The department reported that there is an unusually high
Coral Beach
2 months 1 week ago
A survey in Australia has revealed a minimal level of resistance to antibiotics of high importance to human health across three meat types.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) said there is a low risk of bacteria from raw retail meats being involved in resistant infections or spreading resistance when
Joe Whitworth
2 months 1 week ago
One outbreak caused by STEC O104 was reported
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2 months 1 week ago
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
News Desk
2 months 1 week ago
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.
News Desk
2 months 1 week ago
The "one massive bill" approach, implemented every five years, has long shaped agriculture, food assistance, school lunches and rural development.
Dan Flynn
2 months 1 week ago
Olympia Provisions of Portland, OR, is recalling 1,930 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) holiday kielbasa sausages that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The RTE holiday kielbasa was produced on Oct. 14, 2025. There is concern
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