The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has embarked upon two major sampling assignments that revolve around testing certain produce items for microbial contaminants.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections in 5 states.
An outbreak of Salmonella infections caused by products containing kratom is being investigated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Last week, the Swiss Olympic team announced that a previously existing norovirus outbreak that had sickened security workers at the 2018 Winter Olympics had spread to its own athletes.
A series of pet food products have been recalled this month for three separate reasons—Salmonella and Listeria contamination, and the presence of an illegal drug.
On Wednesday, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) issued its latest report on South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak--the worst of it’s kind in recorded history.
Food Safety Magazine's Food Safety Matters Podcast chats with William Weichelt of the National Restaurant Association. William discusses the organization's well-known ServSafe program and how new initiatives are expected to bring safer food to U.S. restaurants and consumers.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today the release of the 2017 edition of the FDA Food Code, a model regulation that provides all levels of government and industry with practical, science-based guidance and manageable provisions for reducing the known risks of foodborne illness.
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