Food Safety News

More than 6,200 consumer complaints about food safety were submitted to a dedicated service in Belgium in 2025.

The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) consumer contact point received 6,268 complaints. This is up from 5,222 complaints in 2024 and 4,865 in

Salmonella surveillance in meat in Hong Kong has revealed a high prevalence of the pathogen, mainly in pork.

Researchers investigated the prevalence, serotype distribution, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and genetic relationships of Salmonella in retail pork, beef and chicken collected from all 18 districts across Hong Kong from July

Auricchio brand Gorgonzola D.O.P dolce is being recalled in Canada because of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency test results. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

The implicated cheese was distributed in Ontario

According to press reports, the Food and Drug Administration has issued its most serious recall for peeled garlic sold in New York, Vermont and Pennsylvania over a potential botulism risk.

The Class I recall is for Christopher Ranch Garlic, sold in 6-ounce containers at Tops stores in those states, according

Since the last update on March 15, 2026, 2 additional illnesses have been reported from California. A total of 9 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from 3 states – California 7, Florida 1 and Texas 1. 

Illnesses started on dates ranging from

An increase in Campylobacter and Salmonella infections in England has been attributed to multiple factors.

It is estimated that there are 300,000 cases of foodborne Campylobacter a year with a societal and economic cost of £716 million ($959 million), compared to 32,000 foodborne Salmonella cases

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.

The European Union (EU) has announced funding for food safety reforms in Ukraine.

The EU will provide €12 million ($14 million) as part of the third phase of the EU4SmallFarms and EU4SaferFood projects. 

A food safety scientist has been named the 2026 World Food Prize Laureate for his efforts to build international consensus on food standards and facilitate the safe flow of trade.

Huub Lelieveld, from the Netherlands, was recognized for leading a movement across more than 100 countries to deliver the scientific

Farmers, Québon and Natrel brand milk products are being recalled in Canada because of the possible presence of pieces of glass.

The milk was distributed nationwide, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The recall was triggered by the company.

Products impacted by the recall are as follows:

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various raw beef and pork products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and may bear a false mark of inspection. 

The action is part of an ongoing investigation.

The

A hotel in Australia has been fined for food hygiene offenses relating to a foodborne outbreak that sickened 76 people.

The Terrigal Plaza Hotel in New South Wales was ordered to pay more than $53,000 (U.S. $37,000) in fines and costs with a guilty conviction recorded for

Scientists have estimated that most Campylobacter cases in an English county are associated with poultry meat, and that many of them are resistant to antibiotics.

Researchers from the Ineos Oxford Institute for antimicrobial research and the Department of Biology