Both McDonald's and Yum Brands report significant losses as food safety concerns have led many Chinese consumers to boycott the U.S.-owned restaurants. Both fast food chains, as well as Burger King, have dumped OSI Brands subsidiary Shanghai Husi Food Co. as a supplier and have scrambled to find new poultry and meat suppliers.
Health officials continue their search for a common food source in an ongoing Cyclospora outbreak that has affected 19 states and more than 200 people.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) yesterday announced a long-awaited "re-focused" and "science-based" inspection system for chicken and turkey products, along with additional food safety requirements for poultry processors.
The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) on July 29 reported that it had conducted detailed audits at two 2 Sisters Food Group plants in Scunthorpe (England) and Llangefni (Wales) on July 25, and that initial results showed the plant at Scunthorpe as "Good" and the plant at Llangefni as "Generally Satisfactory".
BioMérieux has been granted AOAC Research Institute approval for its TEMPO® BC automated test for the fast enumeration of Bacillus cereus group bacteria in food products.
The United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency (FSA) today published the results of a study to look at the origin of foods claiming to be from the UK and Ireland. The study did not identify any cases of food on sale with misleading country of origin claims.
Three former Peanut Corporation of America executives who are accused of scheming to manufacture and ship Salmonella-tainted peanuts that killed nine people, sickened more than 700 and prompted one of the largest food recalls in history are set to go to trial this week in south Georgia.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) yesterday reported that a recent surge in reports of illnesses caused by the parasite Cyclospora — 69 in the last month — has prompted the agency to launch an investigation.
Roka Bioscience, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on providing advanced testing solutions for foodborne pathogens, on July 17 announced its initial public offering of five million shares of its common stock at $12 per share.
Reports of unsanitary conditions at a Shanghai meat supplier's plant has caused a food safety scare that is affecting McDonald's, Yum Brands' KFC and Pizza Hut units, Burger King, and Starbucks in China.
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