2 months 1 week ago
As gardens begin producing tomatoes, green beans, peppers and other summer favorites, many home cooks are preparing to preserve their harvest through canning.
Home canning can be a safe and rewarding way to store food for months or even years. However, food safety experts warn that improper canning techniques can
News Desk
2 months 1 week ago
After President Trump signed the executive order concerning the treatment of severe mental illness in April, the FDA followed up by issuing “national priority vouchers” to three companies studying the effects of so called magic mushrooms.
Dan Flynn
2 months 1 week ago
For the second time in seven months, I am writing about a baby formula that is carrying the toxin that causes botulism.
Bill Marler
2 months 1 week ago
The formula was sold at Target stores and online
Coral Beach
2 months 1 week ago
The recalled product was distributed nationally through the online platforms, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Target, and the company's websites, tnvitamins.com and doctorspride.com.
News Desk
2 months 1 week ago
Azuma Foods International Inc. U.S.A. of Hayward, CA ,is recalling its 3-pack, 5.3 ounce Azuma Foods Brand Tako Wasabi-Seasoned Octopus with Wasabi retail packages, because they may contain undeclared fish.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to fish run the risk of
News Desk
2 months 1 week ago
The consumer group wants the USDA to release information about previously approved testing methods the department now says are unsatisfactory because of false positives.
Coral Beach
2 months 1 week ago
Researchers from Denmark have contributed to the work behind the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated foodborne illness estimates.
Scientists at DTU National Food Institute helped with scientific advice, methodological development, and technical analyses.
The estimates are based on work in WHO’s Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference
Joe Whitworth
2 months 1 week ago
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a discussion paper exploring potential flexibilities in compliance with its Food Traceability Rule. The document is intended to inform stakeholder input ahead of a virtual public meeting scheduled for June 15.
News Desk
2 months 1 week 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.
News Desk
2 months 2 weeks ago
The people who find foodborne outbreaks are being fired, defunded, and disbanded — and the bugs do not care.
Bill Marler
2 months 2 weeks ago
Federal officials are investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections.
The Food and Drug Administration is reporting that a source of the pathogen has not yet been identified.
There are 62 confirmed patients, but the FDA is not reporting whether any have required hospitalization. The agency also has
Coral Beach
2 months 2 weeks ago
Polis was known for advocating “food freedom” in Congress, but not as much as a governor until the Tamale Act came along.
Dan Flynn
2 months 2 weeks ago
Poor hygiene, unsafe food handling practices, and a reliance on untrained food handlers may be placing vulnerable patients at some psychiatric hospitals at risk of foodborne illnesses, according to researchers in South Africa.
A study from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) assessed food safety practices among 91 foodservice
Joe Whitworth
2 months 2 weeks ago
The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness, a program of the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Stop Foodborne Illness, is accepting nominations and applications for its annual recognition program: 40 Food Safety Professionals Under 40, Class of 2026.
Each year, the Alliance invites nominations for exceptional young professionals who are advancing
News Desk
2 months 2 weeks ago
83 patients confirmed
Joe Whitworth
2 months 2 weeks ago
The outbreak began in 2023
Coral Beach
2 months 2 weeks ago
-- OPINION --
Center for Science in the Public Interest
2 months 2 weeks ago
I have spent more than thirty years on one side of the food safety fight, ever since the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak. In that time, I have sat across the deposition table from a lot of food company executives and testified in front of a fair number of legislators.
Bill Marler
2 months 2 weeks ago
Clover Hill Dairy of Mechanicsville, MD, has expanded its recall of its soft ricotta/requeson cheese to include all of the cheese because it has been linked to an outbreak of Listeria infections.
The implicated cheese was distributed from May 4 through May 30 in North Carolina, New York, Virginia,
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