Food Safety News

Several children have needed hospital treatment in Israel after consuming contaminated fruit puree.

According to the Ministry of Health’s epidemiological investigation, children were hospitalized after having "Prinok" baby fruit puree purchased at Zol U'Begadol stores. At least four children are affected but they have

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. 

World Food Safety Day was held on June 7. In this article, Food Safety News looks at some of the ways different regions and stakeholders marked the occasion.

On June 8, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held a hybrid event on how Codex texts can help tackle foodborne

Fry Pie Factory has issued a recall of its 5-ounce pepperoni rolls because of misbranding involving undeclared milk, a known allergen, and a process deviation related to refrigeration.

The company said the Pepperoni Rolls were not stored, distributed or sold at appropriate temperatures, which may allow pathogenic growth and

Power Plate Meals LLC a West Fargo, ND, Cooperative Interstate Shipping establishment, is recalling 5,795 pounds of frozen meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. 

The product contains soy, a known

Seven people have fallen ill in Slovakia after eating cheese from an unregistered operation.

Sick people were infected with Salmonella Schleissheim and several of them were hospitalized.

The Regional Veterinary and Food Administration (RVPS) of Liptovský Mikuláš received a complaint from the Regional Public Health Authority (R&

-- OPINION --

In food safety litigation, one of the most consequential, and often most contested, questions is not whether a product was contaminated, or even whether someone was harmed. It is whether the court has the power to hold the right defendants accountable in the first place. That question, always important,

Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic represents a major problem, according to an analysis of foodborne chemicals.

In 2021, nine foodborne chemicals caused 6.26 million cases and 1.12 million deaths. These substances are inorganic arsenic, lead, aflatoxin B1 and M1, methylmercury, cadmium, dioxin, peanut allergy, and cassava cyanide.

On Thursday, June 11, 2026, the FDA quietly posted to its website the document those of us investigating the ByHeart infant-botulism outbreak have waited months to see: the complete Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) for Blendhouse Allerton, LLC — the Iowa plant that produced ByHeart’s infant-formula base

Five people have fallen sick after eating food sold at a Costco store in Japan.

Earlier this month, the Nagoya City Public Health Center received a report of a person infected by E. coli. After investigating, it was found that the patient had eaten food prepared at the Costco Wholesale

Example E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks are included in a review by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of health risks that could occur in the next few years.

The Health Security Risk Assessment details some of the most significant risks facing the UK over the next

Western Mixers Produce & Nuts Inc. of Ontario, CA, is recalling First Street brand dark chocolate raisins in 9-ounce packages because they may contain peanuts.

People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these

When I started suing food companies more than thirty years ago, after E. coli O157:H7 in undercooked Jack in the Box hamburgers killed four children and sickened hundreds, proving where a pathogen came from was slow, painstaking, and often impossible. Investigators matched bacteria using crude “fingerprinting” methods

The chair of the group behind revised foodborne illness figures has hailed the “encouraging” progress in reducing infections but warned that the burden is still “significant.”

Speaking on a webinar discussing key findings from the 2026 edition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) estimates