The FDA commissioner is scheduled to testify at a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Accountability next week. Commissioner Robert Califf is the only witn...
Woolery Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Will’s Fresh Foods of San Leandro, CA, is recalling Will’s Fresh Foods Street Corn Salad over potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Acco...
Kicking deadlines down the road over government shutdowns is much like those punt kicks in the NFL playoffs. They don’t generally win the game, but the skill involved is appreciated. Without ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring that the nation’s domestic and imported seafood supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled. The agency r...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/02/fda-updates-on-keeping-seafood-supply-safe-and-healthy/
— OPINION — In the United States as of today, a total of 407 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella were reported from 44 states (Alaska 1, Arizona 15, Arkansas 2, C...
U.S. Trading Company of Hayward, CA is recalling Dragonfly jelly bars because they contain konjac powder and may present a choking hazard. Konjac powder’s texture and consistency could pose a c...
Ingomar Packing Co of Los Banos, CA, is recalling diced tomatoes because of foreign objects in the product, specifically plastic. According to the details posted by the FDA, the recall was init...
It’s been 18 months since the FDA began studying problems in its Human Foods Program and an update from the agency says it will take more time to implement changes. The head of the Food and Dru...
Joint regulation of cell-cultured meat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food. To help fi...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/12/a-new-window-opens-for-the-emerging-lab-meat-industry/
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Nov. 30 rolled out new tools and FAQs that will continue to inform stakeholders about the Food Traceability Rule and help covered entities come into com...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/12/fdas-third-wave-of-food-traceability-tips/
Eight times since 2017, growers of leafy greens, especially those producing Romaine lettuce, have been rocked by outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7. The pathogen associated with the intestines of cow...
The Food and Drug Administration advises consumers not to eat, and restaurants and food retailers not to sell and to dispose of oysters illegally harvested from Milford-approved areas in Connecti...
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has a labeling manual that runs about 40 pages. And it seems there are always petitions for labeling changes in the pipeline. The bottom li...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/11/labeling-lab-grown-meat-and-poultry-isnt-likely-to-be-easy/
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...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food. The action comes after BVO landed on a list of ingredients re...
It’s being called the “Skittle Law” by some in California, which is still controversial and outlaws red dye 3. It was initially to ban five dangerous substances from food, but titanium dio...
Regal Foods, Inc of Leola, PA, is recalling various seasonings because rodent feces were found in samples of oregano. According to the details published online by the FDA, the recall was initiate...
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/seasonings-recalled-over-rodent-feces-in-samples/
The Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with STOP Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, is set to host the eighth installment of its webinar series on food safety c...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has escalated efforts to ensure the safety of infant formula production by issuing warning letters to three major manufacturers: ByHeart Inc., Mead Johnson N...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture—teamed up in 201...
C & S Wholesale Grocers Inc., of Keene, NH, is recalling over two hundred types of perishable items sold at Stop & Shop stores located in the New York Metro Region because they were not held at a...
Freshy Foods, LLC, of New Orleans, LA, is recalling various Team Fresh & Go brand fruit cups because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination According to the details posted online by th...
Blue Triton, of Zephyrhills, FL, is recalling more than 300,000 cases of their 1964 Zephyrhills 100% Natural Spring Water because of Bromate in the finished product that exceeds the MCL of 10ppb....
Newly Weds Foods of Chicago, IL, is recalling more than 45,000 pounds of various meat cures because they may contain small pieces of metal, approximately 1mm in size or less. According to the det...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a direct final rule to complete administrative actions that reflect the agency’s June 2015 final determination that the use of partially hydroge...
— OPINION — Over two months ago, while watching the premiere of the documentary, “Poisoned,” at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, I got thinking again about how little in the past 30 year...
As per the Paperwork Reduction Act, federal agencies must release a notice in the Federal Register for each proposed information collection to allow the public to express their views. The origina...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a recent sampling assignment that focused on refrigerated ready-to-eat (RTE) dips and spreads. Conducted from March 2021 to Jan. ...
Perhaps not as far as I would have gone – “Get the F out of the FDA” – but a major step in the right direction to elevate Food Safety and Human Nutrition at the FDA. Now, the question is ...
The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act to give the Food and Drug Administration FDA new powers to investigate livestock feedlots and animal confinement facilities has been introduced in Cong...