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As part of its enforcement activities, the 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 have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are

More than 40 cases of a serious condition that can develop after an E. coli infection were reported in 2025 in Italy.

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a severe complication associated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections that can cause kidney failure, brain damage and death.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. of Lisle, IL, is recalling 12,036 pounds of not ready-to-eat smoked bacon products that were imported from Canada without the benefit of import reinspection into the United States, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The refrigerated smoked

The CDC and FDA are tracking at least two major outbreaks of infections from the Cyclospora parasite with a combined number of confirmed patients approaching 7,000.

The first outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is linked to Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce products and associated with

Food Safety News will have a booth on the exhibit floor at the annual IAFP conference July 26-28, 2026, in New Orleans. If you are attending, please stop by to say hello. Our booth is #948.

Bill Marler will be at the conference, and we'll be giving

The health risk posed by meat processed by a company under investigation in the Netherlands is “negligible,” according to an assessment.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) asked the Office of Risk Assessment and Research (BuRO) to assess potential microbial risks from the activities of

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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Researchers have detailed four Vibrio outbreaks in New Zealand that affected 117 people with 43 hospitalizations.

In many places, including New Zealand, Vibrio parahaemolyticus acute gastroenteritis is a legally notifiable disease prompting public health action.

Midwest Poultry Services L.P. is recalling 1,589,577 dozen white shell eggs and brown cage free shell eggs produced in Texas because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis. 

The eggs were produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July

BCI Foods Inc., the importer of record located in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, is recalling 4,300 pounds of a chicken noodle soup product that was imported from Canada without the benefit of import reinspection into the United States.

The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reported

The Netherlands has released figures on the number of people sickened by various pathogens and in outbreaks in 2025.

There were 4,279 people sick in 1,142 outbreaks and 12 large epidemics involved at least 25 people. A pathogen was identified in 31 incidents. Ten were caused by Salmonella,

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating three new outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. The outbreaks involve the Cyclospora parasite, Salmonella and Listeria.

For the Cyclospora outbreak, the FDA reports there are 72 patients. The outbreak apparently is not part of a larger 34-state Cyclospora outbreak being investigated by the

The CDC has declared an outbreak caused by various types of Salmonella and traced to a number of moringa leaf powder products to be over and the FDA has closed its investigation.

As of July 22, 2026, a total of 131 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of

Fresh & Ready Foods LLC is recalling Sprig & Sprout Spicy Breakfast Burritos and Fresh and Ready Spicy Breakfast Burritos because they may contain undeclared soy. 

People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume

More patients have been identified in an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite. The outbreak is linked to iceberg lettuce products from Taylor Farms.

Michigan is reporting 6,571 patients, up from 6,148 reported on July 20. Ohio’s most recent count is 2,029. A number