Published: Oct 17, 2022

After the withdrawal from the market of some batches of chicken frankfurters which resulted positive for Listeria and the more recent withdrawal of salmon sandwiches, people have been increasingly discussing the microbiological contamination of food.

Published: Oct 17, 2022

Last week, mandrake poisonings were recorded in the province of Naples, in Italy.

Published: Oct 13, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking action to help prevent outbreaks of foodborne illnesses through the development of food safety prevention strategies for bulb onions and imported mushrooms.

Published: Sep 30, 2022

APHIS’ Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin risk-based sampling (RBS) on banana and plantain shipments at U.S. ports of entry starting September 26, 2022.

Published: Sep 26, 2022

The berry industry is likely to benefit from the recent hepatitis A scare from imported frozen berries.

Published: Sep 20, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural C

Published: Sep 14, 2022

As part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan, the agency will conduct on-farm surveillance sampling of leafy greens grown in the Salinas Valley region during FY 2022-23.

Published: Sep 14, 2022

Japanese apple rust, a disease affecting apples, crab apples, and junipers, has been confirmed in Minnesota for the first time.

Published: Sep 06, 2022

The Qatari Ministry of Public Health is warning consumers against consuming leafy vegetable products, spinach or arugula, of a certain brand and origin due to possible contamination with E. coli.

Published: Aug 18, 2022

The Scientific Committee of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) has answered this question that arises every summer when fruit pieces such as watermelons, melons, or pineapples are sold in halves in retail establishments.

Published: Aug 18, 2022

Some farmers were dumbfounded when they heard about the FDA’s sudden and unexpected change in food safety requirements for the use of agricultural water before harvesting a crop.

Published: Aug 16, 2022

A Salmonella outbreak in Norway with almost 20 people sick has been linked to watermelon.

Published: Aug 09, 2022

For the second year in a row, Canada has put import requirements on US romaine lettuce because of several E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to that product.

Published: Aug 09, 2022

The FDA has announced that its Import Divisions may detain without physical examination importations of enoki mushrooms from the Republic of Korea (ROK).

Published: Jul 22, 2022

Mass spectrometry imaging (MS imaging) provides highly precise information on the spatial distribution of substances in many areas.

Published: Jul 22, 2022

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the fall 2022 import requirements for US romaine lettuce.

Published: Jul 22, 2022

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural C

Published: Jul 12, 2022

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development warned of the amount of pesticide residues on the nation’s fruits and vegetables exceeding the maximum level permitted under EU law.

Published: Jul 12, 2022

In July 2021, the Agriculture Ministry launched KS1758, a code of practice for the horticulture industry in Kenya which stipulates the hygienic and safety requirements during the production, handling and marketing of fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.

Published: Jul 12, 2022

Carlsberg has been fined £3 million after a contractor died and another was seriously injured following an ammonia gas leak at one of its breweries.