2 weeks 5 days 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 weeks 6 days 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 weeks 6 days 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 weeks 6 days 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 weeks 6 days 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
3 weeks ago
The people who find foodborne outbreaks are being fired, defunded, and disbanded — and the bugs do not care.
Bill Marler
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 weeks 1 day ago
83 patients confirmed
Joe Whitworth
3 weeks 1 day ago
The outbreak began in 2023
Coral Beach
3 weeks 1 day ago
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Center for Science in the Public Interest
3 weeks 1 day 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
3 weeks 1 day 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,
News Desk
3 weeks 2 days ago
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Bill Marler
3 weeks 2 days ago
More inspection documents showing food safety violations at the Boar’s Head production facility in Jarrett, VA, have come to light. A deadly outbreak of Listeria infections in 2024 was traced to products from the plant.
The outbreak, which ran from January to July in 2024, sickened 61 people
Coral Beach
3 weeks 2 days ago
The number of people in the United Kingdom infected by Shigella after going to Cape Verde has increased but no cases have been recorded in recent months.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is also monitoring three clusters of Salmonella infections associated with travel to Cape Verde.
UKHSA said the
Joe Whitworth
3 weeks 2 days ago
Ballester Hermanos is recalling pouches of Pearl Milling Company original pancake and waffle complete mix because of undeclared milk and soy. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk and/or soy run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the recalled
News Desk
3 weeks 2 days ago
Nelson & Isa Lacteos LLC of Bayshore, NY, is recalling its of Requeson Cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled Requeson Cheese was sold in 1-pound plastic clam shells in retail locations in New York from May 15 to May 28, 2026. Product was likely
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