Dairy producer WhiteWave Foods has announced plans to pay about $600 million to purchase Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce brand in the U.S. Earthbound Farm was the producer behind the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak that ...
Last week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the U.K. published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2014, outlining priorities for the coming year. The plan is meant to draw the attention of potential research funders and inform stakeholders. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Food Safety
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has suspended the operations of Leslie Leger & Sons, effective 20 December 2013 as the site failed to implement adequate controls for food safety. Located in Cap Pelé, New Brunswick, the ...
Tags: Fish Processor, Food Inspection
Potentially harmful bacteria was found on 97 percent of chicken breasts bought at stores across the United States and tested, according to a new study. And about half of the chicken samples had at least one type of bacteria that was ...
Tags: chicken breasts, harmful bacteria, food health, food safety
Editor's note: One of our Food Safety News Christmas traditions is to annually recognize those who have been "naughty" and those who have been "nice" – from a strictly food safety perspective, of course. This year, we've opted to ...
Tags: Food Safety, Agriculture, Food
A bipartisan group of 13 U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle sent a letter last week to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack urging him to move forward with a proposal to modernize the department's poultry ...
Tags: poultry inspection system, USDA
Palama Holdings is recalling about 3,600 pounds of raw, frozen marinated chicken products after potential temperature irregularities have been identified, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) ...
Tags: Palama Holdings, Chicken Products
A new rule to protect the nation's food supply from terrorism has been introduced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Friday. The proposed rule would require the largest food businesses in the United States and ...
Incredible Novelties Inc., is recalling Candy Sweet Spots from the marketplace because they contain egg which is not declared on the label. People with an allergy to egg should not consume the recalled product described below. The ...
Tags: Undeclared Egg, Food Recall
Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate family and friends, enjoy the fall harvest, and to stuff our faces full of delicious food. ?No matter your specific traditions, I'm certain the stuffing-of-faces is common across all Thanksgiving tables. ...
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has filed its rule on intentional adulteration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), keeping to a court-ordered deadline of Dec. 20. "Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
The?Food Safety Authority of Ireland?(FSAI) has issued a recall of Clarke's Fish Exports?farmed oak smoked salmon with Clarke's Fish Exports label as "a precautionary measure" after Listeria was detected in some batches. The affected ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Canada-based Aurora Importing & Distributing has recalled Aurora brand Corn Gnocchi and Rice Gnocchi as they may contain gluten that is not mentioned on the label. The company warned that people with sensitivities to gluten should not ...
Tags: Aurora, Gluten Presence
Many people have had something to say about chicken and other poultry destined for U.S. tables potentially coming from or through China. The latest concerns come from 14 members of the House of Representatives who wrote to the chairmen ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Chicken
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing a $15 million loan to dairy company Parag Milk Foods for expanding its milk processing facilities, to enhance dairy farm productivity and boost incomes in rural India. With IFC's ...
Tags: Dairy Farmers, Parag