Quick bites from the food safety arena
Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc. of Portland, OR, is recalling 3,370,530 pounds of frozen not ready-to-eat chicken fried rice after consumer compliments of glass in the products the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The chicken fried rice items were produced between Sept.
Danish authorities are trying to find the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 14 people.
Since mid-November 2025, the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has recorded 14 cases of Salmonella Enteritidis.
SSI, the Danish Veterinary, Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Agency, and the National Food Institute are investigating the outbreak.
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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The FDA’s warning about Ambrosia Brands moringa powder has been updated to include numerous foreign countries.
The powder comes in capsule form and has been traced to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport illnesses in the United States.
The implicated capsules are sold under the Rosabella brand.
Sobico USA LLC of West Hartford, CT, is recalling 13,464 pounds of frozen, raw intact catfish that were imported from Vietnam without the benefit of import reinspection into the United States, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The catfish, both whole/gutted and
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in key foodborne bacteria is still an area of concern in Europe, according to the latest figures.
Resistance to common antimicrobials remains widespread in foodborne bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter but several countries reported progress in reducing resistance levels in humans and in food-producing animals.
The European Commission has unveiled a campaign dedicated to food safety.
The "Love it. Hate it. Trust it." initiative focuses on ensuring the highest standards of food safety across the EU, protecting the health of consumers and reinforcing trust in European food products.
Mahrousa brand tahini is being recalled in Canada because of Salmonella contamination.
The implicated tahini is sold in jars with Arabic writing on the labels. The labels do not have UPC numbers. The jars are marked with the code P 23/06/2024; E 23/06/2026.
The Salmonella contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded a warning about oysters from Canada because of contamination with norovirus.
Previously the FDA warned of oysters harvested only on Dec. 30, 2025, and Jan. 20, 2026. Now the agency is also advising against eating or selling all oysters harvested between
Romanian authorities have claimed there were no recorded cases of food poisoning during the winter holidays.
The National Sanitary, Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) said surveillance and control activities carried out in December and early January found this public health result.
An investigation has pointed to a food handler being the probable source in a Salmonella outbreak in South Africa.
The Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak with 27 patients was reported in July 2024 at a mental health institution in Gauteng.
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