Officials from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have published a document highlighting ways to avoid the risks from foodborne parasites transmitted by pork, freshwater fish, and crustaceans.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that January 1, 2024, will be the uniform compliance date for final food labeling regulations that are issued in calendar years 2021 and 2022.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is extending the comment period on its draft guidance regarding voluntary disclosure of sesame as an allergen to February 25, 2021, an extension of 45 days.
The FDA and CDC investigated a multistate outbreak of Eschericia coli O157:H7 infections in fall 2020, and have determined that the outbreak was linked to leafy greens.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has announced a significant step in modernizing regulations of agricultural animals modified or produced by genetic engineering.
The Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI) is a supporting partner of the new Horizon2020 project FOODSAFETY4EU, which starts on January 1, 2021 and will run for 3 years. The multi-actor consortium consists of 23 partners from 12 countries and 44 supporting partners.
In an ongoing effort to understand sources of foodborne illness in the United States, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) collects and analyzes foodborne-illness outbreak data for four pathogens and specific foods and food categories that are responsible for foodborne illnesses in the United States.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule entitled “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods."
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