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The problem of unsafe food has yet to get the global attention and resources it deserves, according to an expert cited in a new film. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded ...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/11/film-highlights-push-for-food-safety-investment-in-africa/

CR today released test results that have it urging Hershey’s to get harmful lead and cadmium out of its chocolate products Key Findings: Full Report:https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/10/consumer-reports-finds-one-third-of-chocolate-is-high-in-heavy-metals/

A recently published study led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) shows a potential association between the diagnosis of autism...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/study-finds-link-between-autism-in-boys-and-maternal-diet-soda-and-aspartame-consumption/

The Food and Drug Administration’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, started his work yesterday and sent the below letter to colleagues. FDA Commissioner Robert Calif appoin...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/new-fda-administrator-says-he-is-ready-to-cooperate-to-restructure-the-agency/

The animal research and diagnostic lab at South Dakota State University has confirmed the presence of Anthrax in a beef herd West of the Missouri River. According to the Centers for Disease Contr...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/rare-anthrax-strikes-beef-herd-in-south-dakotas-west-river-ranch-country/

A senator and representative have introduced legislation that would give the FDA and CDC authority to enter and collect samples at feedlots during foodborne illness outbreaks. Federal agencies cu...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/09/legislation-would-give-fda-cdc-power-to-collect-samples-from-animal-farms-during-outbreaks/

Avian flu is taking a holiday. It’s been three months since the H5N1 bird flu struck commercial poultry flocks in the United States.  After a long string of infections required America’s po...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/08/break-in-avian-flu-infections-by-commercial-flocks-but-the-future-isnt-known/

The 53-minute film “Accidental Host — The Story of Rat Lungworm Disease” produced by Dr. Claire Panosian, has been airing on PBS stations around the country since last October and will see ...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/08/pbs-stations-airing-accidental-host-the-story-of-rat-lungworm-disease/

TORONTO — In a presentation at IAFP’s 2023 Annual Meeting, Kali Kniel, Ph.D., from the University of Delaware Department of Animal and Food Sciences, shed light on the importance of wastewate...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/07/the-importance-of-wastewater-analysis-to-detect-foodborne-viruses-and-parasites/

Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame have led to disagreements among various research and public health groups. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/07/international-agency-says-aspartame-is-possibly-carcinogenic-but-fda-disagrees/

There is a broader consideration these days of what safe and authentic food actually means, according to the chief executive of Food Standards Scotland. Geoff Ogle told attendees at the Governmen...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/06/government-chemist-event-focuses-on-safe-and-authentic-food/

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, and Matthew M. Graves of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Washington D.C. are all being sued ov...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/06/epa-sued-over-herbicide-approvals/

On June 6-9, the World Health Organization has scheduled a series of talks on food safety to increase awareness and encourage a variety of stakeholders to debate and discuss an array of topics on...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/06/world-health-organization-schedules-food-safety-talks/

It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety. The new guidance sets the level at 1...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/06/fda-adopts-decade-old-guidance-for-arsenic-in-apple-juice/

In observance of the upcoming fifth World Food Safety Day (WFSD) on June 7, the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) has announced that it will provide open access to its webinar ...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/iafp-offers-open-access-to-webinars-during-june-2023/

Too bad the Taco Bell worker was not already vaccinated. The Snohomish County Health Department has identified a case of hepatitis A that occurred in a food worker who worked at two Taco Bell loc...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/publishers-platform-if-you-visited-a-taco-bell-in-everett-or-lake-stevens-on-may-22-or-23-you-have-less-than-2-weeks-to-get-a-hepatitis-a-vaccine/

Local authorities in Missoula, MT, are warning people to not consume raw milk sold at a farmers market because it came from a herd where cows tested positive for Coxiella burnetii, which is the b...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/local-officials-in-montana-issue-public-warning-about-contaminated-raw-milk/

On the final day of the state’s legislative session, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a bill to make some sales of raw, unpasteurized milk legal. The Iowa State Dairy Association opposes the sale ...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/raw-unpasteurized-milk-can-now-be-sold-by-farmers-directly-to-consumers-in-iowa/

Food safety and foodborne diseases are one of four themes covered in an FAO report on products of animal origin. FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FAO’s Commit...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/food-safety-included-in-fao-animal-sourced-food-report/

Milk producers would be able to sell raw, unpasteurized milk in Iowa if the state Senate approves a bill that has already made it through the House of Representatives. Healthcare and agricultural...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/04/some-lawmakers-want-to-allow-the-sale-of-unpasteurized-milk-in-iowa/

Giving live animals as Easter gifts has been a long-standing tradition, but there are serious public health and humane concerns. Year after year hundreds of human illnesses and agonizing deaths f...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/04/easter-baskets-without-live-bunnies-chicks-and-ducklings-are-best/

The United States is not ready to vaccinate against High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI). According to John R. Clifford, veterinary trade policy advisory for the USA Poultry & Egg Export Cou...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/04/the-bird-flu-vaccine-isnt-available-in-the-u-s/

President Joe Biden is looking in another direction to steer agriculture’s boat. The key word here is biotechnology. And President Biden is all for it. In fact, he goes so far as to say it shou...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/04/biden-sees-future-in-ag-biotech-food-safety-included/

There is a health risk from a group of compounds that can form in food during processing, according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA assessed the public health risk related to n...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/efsa-finds-health-risk-from-nitrosamines-in-food/

An assessment of hazards in cell-based meat products has found considerable gaps in knowledge. There are several areas where data is lacking or information is required to manage the risk or hazar...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/data-lacking-in-fsa-assessment-of-hazards-from-cell-based-meat/

An atmospheric river has led to massive flooding in California, and residents now brace for more dangerous storms with the arrival of a second atmospheric river. Residents impacted by the floodin...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/food-safety-tips-for-those-affected-by-flooding-in-california/

The Food and Drug Administration has requested $7.2 billion for the fiscal year 2024. According to President Biden’s budget proposal, the agency wants $128 million of that allocated for food sa...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/fda-budget-request-includes-scant-money-for-food-safety-programs/

The European Commission has tightened the rules on the presence of arsenic in food products.  The allowed concentration of inorganic arsenic in white rice is lowered, while there are new limits...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/eu-to-lower-arsenic-levels-in-some-food-products/

— OPINION — Editor’s note: This article was first published by Harvard Public Health magazine and is reprinted here with permission. By Jerold Mande Federal food law is clear: It bans “an...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/03/processed-foods-are-making-us-sick-its-time-for-the-fda-and-usda-to-step-in/

The Food and Drug Administration is out with draft recommendations for the industry on the naming of plant-based beverages that are marketed and sold as alternatives to milk. The draft guidance a...

https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/02/fdas-clear-labeling-for-plant-based-milk-promises-to-provide-needed-information/