3 months ago
The cost of food fraud in the United Kingdom could be as much as £2 billion ($2.7 billion) per year, according to researchers.
Research from the University of Portsmouth estimates that food fraud costs the UK economy between £400 million ($540 million) and £2 billion
Joe Whitworth
3 months ago
Leadership starts with doing something useful instead of saying useless things.
Bill Marler
3 months ago
Michigan and Ohio are now reporting patient counts on a weekly basis.
Coral Beach
3 months ago
Details of a large Trichinella outbreak in Lebanon linked to contaminated meat have been shared in new research.
In December 2023, a Trichinella case was reported in Jahliyeh, Mount Lebanon, to the Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (ESU) of the Ministry of Public Health in Lebanon.
Scientists surveyed householders to identify
Joe Whitworth
3 months ago
An analysis of outbreaks over a decade in Hong Kong has revealed the growing prevalence of norovirus-related raw oyster outbreaks.
From 2016 to 2025, Hong Kong recorded 1,964 outbreaks affecting 7,758 people. Most of them were small in scale, with 88 percent involving five or fewer cases.
Joe Whitworth
3 months ago
Blank Slate Creamery of Ann Arbor, MI, is recalling its 4.5 oz. packaged Vegan Non-Dairy Frozen Dessert Coconut Fudge Sandwiches, because they may contain undeclared egg.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if
News Desk
3 months ago
Sun Noodle of Honolulu, HI, is recalling 15.4-ounce packages of Sura Tanmen Hot and Sour Flavor Premium Japanese Noodles & Soup Base, because the product may contain undeclared fish.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to fish run the risk of a serious or
News Desk
3 months ago
Taylor Farms division Taylor Fresh Foods is recalling 20 products containing jalapeños because of a Salmonella outbreak, including products sold under the Kroger, Target and Trader Joe’s brands.
Taylor Fresh Foods received jalapeños from Coast Citrus Distributors that have been recalled because of a
Coral Beach
3 months ago
Data show that 37,000 schoolchildren have suffered poisoning between January 2025 and May 2026.
Joe Whitworth
3 months ago
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Guest Contributor
3 months ago
Plus claims of sickness after trip to Fuerteventura
Joe Whitworth
3 months 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
3 months 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
3 months ago
City Foods Inc. of Chicago, IL, is recalling 3,215 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pastrami and corned beef productsthat may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The RTE pastrami and corned beef products were
News Desk
3 months ago
From 2018 to 2023, FDA averaged only 917 foreign inspections per year, drastically below the annual target of 19,200.
Dan Flynn
3 months ago
Many of the products are Taylor Farms brand
Coral Beach
3 months ago
Corte Argentino USA LLC of Aventura, FL, is recalling 29,628 pounds of raw beef products that were imported from Argentina without the benefit of import reinspection into the United States, the U.SDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The raw beef products were produced
News Desk
3 months ago
Shan Distribution Network Inc. of Carol Stream, IL, is recalling 5,084 pounds of frozen breaded Swai fish fillet and stick products because they were produced in the United Arab Emirates, a country that is not eligible to export Siluriformes fish to the United States, the USDA’s Food
News Desk
3 months 1 week ago
I have watched administrations of both parties handle outbreaks badly. What is different this time is not the mistakes. What is different is that three weeks into the largest Cyclospora outbreak this country has ever recorded, nobody at the top has said the number out loud.
Bill Marler
3 months 1 week ago
In 2013 U.S. health authorities linked a Cyclospora outbreak to Taylor Farms, tracing it back to the same central Mexico facility implicated in this year’s outbreak.
Coral Beach
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