USDA’s Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary for 2022 shows that more than 99 percent of products sampled through PDP had residues below tolerances set by EPA. However, testing for persistent environmental contaminants that are no longer used as pesticides in the U.S. showed the presence of certain banned chemicals in some foods.
Recent sampling and testing of ingredients used for plant-based dairy alternatives has revealed highly variable microbial loads among ingredients, although many samples contained a high proportion of spore-forming microbes as part of the total counts.
A 2021 multinational foodborne illness outbreak investigation involving imported melons contaminated by Salmonella Braenderup exemplifies effective collaboration across countries, rapid information sharing, and harmonized data collection, and the lessons learned could form the basis of standard practices in multinational outbreak investigations.
Recent research commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) provides an overview of the ways in which labor shortages in critical food system roles are affecting food safety and availability, as well as FSA’s ability to carry out its responsibilities.
Adding to the mounting body of evidence pointing to the health harms of dietary exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a new study by researchers at Aberdeen and Örebro Universities indicates that the “forever chemicals” affect humans as early as in the fetal stage of development.
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) has announced funding for ten new research projects, designed to answer questions on topics evaluating and mitigating risks associated with waxing roller brushes, enteric viruses, the Agricultural Water Rule, and other issues.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is partnering with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) to present a Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards Self-Assessment and Verification Audit Workshop on July 13–15, 2024, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a pre-conference workshop for the NEHA Annual Educational Conference.
The first video in a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) educational series on the food safety benefits of tech-enabled traceability focuses on low- or no-cost traceability technologies applied throughout the supply chain.
Following the California Food Safety Act’s precedent, Illinois Senate Bill 2637, dubbed the Illinois Food Safety Act, aims to ban brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye 3 from foods sold in the state.
In light of the recent string of lead poisoning cases in children across the U.S. linked to fruit puree pouches contaminated with lead and chromium, members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce have written a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to express concerns and request an immediate briefing.
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