This article outlines the identification of and responses to these outbreaks, the actions taken to prevent future outbreaks, the challenges encountered, possible contamination routes, and how current regulations may affect sprout safety.
Food safety concerns of off-premises sales for restaurants are the food safety risks associated with food preparation and the additional risk of keeping the food safe after the food has been prepared.
The Consumer Brands Association (CBA), Safe Food Coalition, and Association for Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) have written a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing support for FDA's compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA's) inspection frequency mandates.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will soon launch a traceability challenge designed to involve all food safety companies in developing traceability tools that can be implemented for food operations of any size.
From May to November 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be collecting and testing lettuce samples from Salinas Valley, CA, for Escherichia coli and Salmonella.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently opened the Foreign Supplier Verification Program Portal for Food Importers (FSVP) Records Submission, to serve as a streamlined way for importers to submit FSVP records electronically.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a report on foodborne illness in retail food store deli departments, using data collected between 2015–2016.
After more than a decade, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using the Rapid Response Team model to support the Domestic Mutual Reliance program.