This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new partnership with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance.
Late last week, Traverse City, MI-based North Bay Produce, Inc. voluntarily recalled 2,297 cases of fresh apples due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Canadian officials won’t release any information about an Escherichia coli investigation involving beef despite the fact that more than 860 products have been recalled.
According to multiple reports, five major food retailers have joined to form the new Leafy Greens Safety Coalition in an effort to push the improvement of illness prevention and traceability.
This week, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union filed a federal lawsuit to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s new swine slaughter modernization rule that eliminates line speed limits in pork slaughter plants, ultimately giving inspection responsibility to said slaughter plants.