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Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) released its final report analyzing consumer handling of raw poultry.

Ann Marie McNamara is now the vice president of food safety & quality assurance for US Foods, an American foodservice distributor.   

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the results of a sampling assignment involving romaine lettuce that was grown in the Yuma, AZ, growing region.

On Friday, Dole Fresh Vegetables announced a voluntary recall of some cases of baby spinach due to possible Salmonella contamination.

Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced plans to amend color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of soy leghemoglobin as a color additive in ground beef analogue products, also widely known as veggie burgers.

A test conducted by Consumer Reports has revealed the presence of microbiological contamination in leafy green products on grocery store shelves.  

IAFP 2019's U.S. Regulatory Update on Food Safety, featuring Frank Yiannas and Mindy Brashears.

This month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine issued a final rule on tolerances for animal drugs in food. The regulations apply only to foods intended for human consumption. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) recent surveillance and enforcement actions have stopped over 28,000 pounds of adulterated honey from entering the Canadian market.

Starting the development of guidelines to control Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in certain foods was one of the decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its annual meeting in Geneva this week.