Food Safety News

Bill to lift ban on transporting raw milk is back

The Interstate Milk Freedom Act, would end the federal Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the interstate sales of raw milk in some instances.

Oh, come on — Not Raw Farm again

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Scottish sampling uncovers milk allergen failures

Scottish food sampling has revealed overall good compliance but a high failure rate for milk in dairy-alternative lattes.

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) funds annual food sampling, which is done by local authorities and Public Analyst laboratories. In total, £200,000 ($268,000) was spent on the program, which collected

FDA warns seafood importer over failure to verify foreign processing meets HACCP standards

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

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Infant formula has until recently been considered low risk for C. botulinum (and, then there are other pathogens – Cronobacter sakazakii, Salmonella and recently, Bacillus cereus of concern).

Sunday Edition: Sodium

Most Americans are eating too much sodium, largely because it's the food industry’s go-to ingredient and it is found in almost all food categories.

Congress members want FDA to force Raw Farm to recall raw cheese because of E. coli outbreak

Dairy has refused to recall products found to be likely source of outbreak

Gorditas recalled because of undeclared allergens

Mama Grande Tortilla Factory of Mission, TX, is recalling Gorditas de Azucar and Doraditas de Azucar because they may contain undeclared wheat and soy. 

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

Man out on bail after pleading guilty in illegal meat investigation

Also: Counterfeit wine operation investigated

Recalls: It doesn’t matter who’s to blame if no one’s protected

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By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink 

The recent ByHeart infant formula recall is an example of what happens when recall management breaks down at multiple levels. The widespread, multistate recall was initiated after botulism was detected in the brand’s organic infant formula, which

Home-based cooks lack awareness of food safety rules

The majority of people who start a home-based business are unfamiliar with food safety regulations, according to a Dutch survey. Such operations are increasingly being allowed in the United States without any food safety oversight.

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) and the Chamber of Commerce (KVK)

FDA steps up enforcement of import rules on fish, raspberries and apple juice

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.

ECDC renews Cape Verde warning as illnesses continue

Laboratory testing of samples from returning travelers has most often identified Shigella and Salmonella, which suggests a persistent source or ongoing exposure.

FDA continues investigation of outbreaks

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new E. coli outbreak and has closed an investigation into another.

The E. coli outbreak is linked to Raw Farm LLC’s raw milk cheddar cheese. So far there are seven confirmed patients from California, Texas and Florida. The FDA has