The European Commission amended its regulation on the microbiological criteria for foods to revise the requirements for food business operators regarding Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has opened submissions for companies to express interest in a sandbox program to help ensure the safety of cell-cultivated foods.
Following a fatal Escherichia coli outbreak linked to organic carrots that has sickened people in multiple U.S. states, the Government of Canada is warning consumers not to eat recalled products distributed by California-based Grimmway Farms.
In light of World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week 2024, USDA has highlighted trends from its most recent National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) report, covering 2021.
A multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121:H19 infections linked to organic carrots has sickened 39 people, resulting in 15 hospitalizations and one death.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has increased the acceptable daily intake for saccharin (commonly known as Sweet’N Low) by 4 mg/kg of bodyweight per day, saying the latest scientific evidence does not support that the artificial sweetener is damaging to DNA.
The number of patients reported in the ongoing Escherichia coli outbreak linked to onions served at McDonald’s restaurants has grown to 104 people across 14 states. A patient has recently been reported in North Carolina.
A recent study found the majority of vegan meat and dairy alternatives available in England to be of satisfactory microbiological quality. Tofu from one producer had a Listeria problem.
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