This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new draft guidance that, when finalized, will provide industry with clear information on ways to prepare, plan, and work with the agency to ensure voluntary food product recalls are initiated properly and promptly.
Health officials in England and Wales are investigating reports of a scam artist trying to blackmail food businesses into paying money in exchange for a new inspection score.
A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Carrau has sickened at least 93 people in 9 states, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The source: Caito Foods LLC—the same supplier at the center of a similar outbreak that occurred nearly 1 year ago.
As of April 4th, 72 people in five states have been infected with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O103, but U.S. health officials have yet to pinpoint a common source.
According to an LA Times article published online this week, President Donald Trump’s administration plans to give more authority to the pork industry, allowing them to conduct their own food safety inspections as early as May 2019.
In a statement penned by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner Frank Yiannas, the two have proposed new funding for food safety initiatives as part of President Donald Trump’s 2020 budget.
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