1 month 3 weeks ago
Public health officials in the Czech Republic have warned against eating a type of pate because of Clostridium botulinum contamination.
The alert was raised following a consumer complaint about health problems after consuming pork pate with almonds.
Joe Whitworth
1 month 3 weeks ago
A bill introduced in recent days in the U.S. Senate would overhaul food labels for the first time in more than 30 years.
The bill, the Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2026, was introduced by Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, and Cory Booker, D-NJ, and is designed
Coral Beach
1 month 3 weeks ago
Reports of food poisoning linked to a food truck are being investigated at a music festival in England.
Several people said on social media that they fell ill after eating at the Yorky Roast stall at Truck Festival in Oxfordshire. Symptoms include sickness, diarrhea, and vomiting but there are no
News Desk
1 month 3 weeks ago
Fifteen alerts mentioned the United States
Joe Whitworth
1 month 3 weeks ago
Boticelli Foods of Melville NY, is recalling one lot of bettergoods Pistachio Nut Butter because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Product was manufactured by Gustibus Alimentari Srl of Assoro, Italy, imported by Botticelli, and distributed exclusively by Walmart Inc. The product was distributed to Walmart retail
News Desk
1 month 3 weeks ago
As of Aug. 3 the state is reporting 11,234 patients.
Coral Beach
1 month 3 weeks ago
Lidl US is expanding its July 24 recall of Eridanous Shortbread Cookies to include all units with a foreign language ingredients and nutrition facts panel for the following products:
- Eridanous Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Truffle Coating & Apricot Filling - 11.6 oz (330 g) box (UPC 4056489125839)
- Eridanous Shortbread Cookies
News Desk
1 month 3 weeks ago
USDA says Cyclospora costs America $5.3 million a year. The program I want restored cost $4.5 million a year. This summer alone has already blown past both.
Bill Marler
1 month 3 weeks ago
Ukraine recorded 31 outbreaks in the first half of this year including 19 botulism cases and two deaths.
Data from the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection shows that in the first six months of 2026, 31 outbreaks were registered in 11 regions and Kyiv, with
News Desk
1 month 3 weeks 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
1 month 3 weeks ago
Health officials in Hong Kong have warned about a summer rise in a serious bacterial infection that can be caused by consumption of raw seafood or contact with seawater.
Vibrio vulnificus is present naturally in warm marine environments. Its concentration typically increases in summer when seawater temperatures rise.
Joe Whitworth
1 month 3 weeks 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.
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News Desk
1 month 3 weeks ago
A t-shirt in a plastic bottle will not produce one either. But it is small, it is strange, it does not throw away easily, and it says the entire argument in one line. Sometime in September a staffer is going to unroll one and read it out loud. That is the whole idea.
Bill Marler
1 month 3 weeks ago
An estimated 1,000,000,000 people are affected by zoonotic influenza each year. Some zoonoses can be transmitted by food and water.
Dan Flynn
1 month 4 weeks ago
As of July 31, the states' own published counts totaled more than 21,000 cases across all fifty states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 1,947 outbreak-associated cases and 98 hospitalizations in nine states.
News Desk
1 month 4 weeks ago
Ukrop's Homestyle Foods of Richmond, VA, is recalling 22,880 pounds of baked spaghetti and chicken cobbler products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal slivers, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The baked spaghetti and chicken cobbler items were
News Desk
1 month 4 weeks ago
Ohio released new numbers today — 4,013 cases in 80 counties, up from 2,576 a week ago. Add the states up, one by one, all fifty of them, and the floor under this outbreak this morning is 20,927 people.
Bill Marler
1 month 4 weeks ago
“We may well be on a downslope,” said Craig Hedberg, PhD, professor of environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health,.
Coral Beach
1 month 4 weeks ago
Health officials in the United Kingdom have reported an increase in Cyclospora infections in people returning from Mexico.
Between April 30 and July 15, 67 cases of cyclosporiasis were recorded in the UK.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Public Health Scotland, and Public Health Wales said there were
Joe Whitworth
1 month 4 weeks ago
The food agency in the Philippines has revealed the results of stricter enforcement measures in the first half of this year.
The country's Food and Drug Administration faced challenges such as limited manpower, process inefficiencies, and backlogs driven by increasing applications.
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