Between 2015 and 2021, E. coli O157-contaminated romaine was implicated in seven outbreaks in the United States, resulting in 4,274 laboratory-confirmed illnesses, 766 hospitalizations, and 11 deaths.
Read the NewsLocal media in South Bend, IN, are reporting that almost two dozen inmates at a county jail are part of a Salmonella outbreak.
The 23 inmates at St. Joseph County Jail became ill on April 29 with symptoms including diarrhea, dehydration and fever. The jail’s medical staff determined
Read the NewsA company in England has been fined for food safety failings behind a Salmonella outbreak in 2024.
Bracknell Tangs Management, the operator of Tangs Oriental Buffet Restaurant in Bracknell, pleaded guilty to four food safety offences in April at Reading Magistrates Court and was fined £25,000 ($34,000)
Read the NewsAs 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
Read the NewsThe number of suspected frauds reported by countries in Europe has passed 200 for the first time this year.
Six alerts mentioned the United States in March including an unauthorized food supplement operator with a missing certificate and document forgery.
Read the NewsThe a2 Milk Company (“a2MC”) has voluntarily recalled three specific batches of its imported a2 Platinum Premium USA label infant formula 0-12 months because it is contaminated with cereulide.
Cereulide is a heat-stable toxin produced by some strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus. Illness occurs through the consumption
Read the NewsThat horse meat is banned in the United States is a fact that most of the world neither knows nor cares about. The equine food source remains as popular as ever outside the United States.
Read the NewsThe FDA tested 312 samples from 16 brands, but did not say in its report what brands it tested.
Read the NewsPublic health officials say cross contamination in a restaurant was responsible for a Salmonella outbreak that sickened a possible 86 people.
The Piper Arms restaurant in Stone Creek, Ontario, Canada, has finally reopened after being closed since April 13. There are 29 confirmed patients, 57 patients who are awaiting conformation,
Read the NewsSTEC was culture-confirmed in three samples and Salmonella was found once
Read the NewsThe 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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Read the NewsCanada has announced support for a program designed to strengthen food safety and plant and animal health.
Funding of CAD $500,000 (U.S. $366,000) to the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) will go toward improving the sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) capacity of the public and private
Read the NewsThe USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for meat and poultry products containing FDA-regulated dairy ingredients that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
FSIS expects additional downstream products will be identified as this ingredient recall progresses. As more information becomes available,
Read the NewsMore than half of the patients were younger than 5
Read the NewsAn outbreak of hepatitis A has spurred the FDA to issue a public alert about fresh-frozen blood clams imported from Ecuador and sold under the La Serranita brand.
The outbreak is under investigation by the New York State Department of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The
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