This episode of Food Safety Five covers a recent amendment made to the EU microbiological criteria for foods, which expands the responsibility for managing Listeria monocytogenes in certain ready-to-eat foods to additional food business operators. Also discussed are recent pressures put on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban red dye 3 in foods.

News Articles:

• EU Expands Responsibility for Listeria Criteria in RTE Foods to Additional Food Business Operators
• Congress Members Urge FDA to Ban Red Dye 3 in Food
• FDA Could Decide Whether to Ban Red Dye 3 in Food ‘In the Next Few Weeks,’ Officials Reveal in Senate Hearing