Food Safety News

A judge has ruled that how the Food Standards Agency (FSA) charges the meat industry for controls is unlawful.  

According to the High Court judgement, at least some costs were unlawfully included in the assessment of both the FSA’s main hourly rate and the enforcement rate. The

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners generally have 15 working days to respond to FDA warning letters.

Added water in fish products and traceability concerns were among the suspected fraud issues raised in April by European countries.

Four alerts mentioned the United States in April including benzoic acid in a soft drink, titanium dioxide in sweets, and two ingredients in supplements not allowed in the EU.

Prime Food Processing LLC is recalling 69 cases of “Dried Herring Fish” because the product was not adequately eviscerated. 

The sale of uneviscerated fish is prohibited under New York State Agriculture and Markets regulations because Clostridium botulinum spores are more likely to be concentrated in the viscera

World Food Safety Day is June 7, 2026

Every few years a number comes along that stops me cold, even after three decades of doing this work. This week, that number is 866 million.

That is how many people the World Health Organization estimates get sick from

Unsafe food is responsible for about 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

The number of illnesses and deaths show the burden is similar to that from tuberculosis, HIV, or malaria. 

The USDA has confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the Texas $15 billion cattle industry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture tested a sample from La Pryor in Zavala County at the its National Veterinary Services Laboratories in

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.

People are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to generate images and complaints as part of attempts to claim refunds and compensation, according to food safety experts Food Alert.

The company reported seeing cases across the UK involving manipulated images designed to show mold, undercooked meat and foreign objects that

An Irish survey has revealed low use of a meat thermometer when cooking burgers, sausages or chicken breasts.

Findings prompted Safefood to remind people to use a thermometer to make sure grilled meats are cooked to at least 75 degrees C (167 degrees F). 

Total Nutrition Inc. of Deer Park, NY, is expanding its recall of TNVitamins and Doctor's Pride Ultra Potent Complete Green Superfood Moringa Capsules due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

The products have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections.

The recalled products were distributed