- Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released its food recall statistics for 2019. Recalls were down from 100 in 2018 to 87 in 2019. The most common cause of
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FDA Releases Report on Inspection and Environmental Sampling of Ice Cream Production Facilities for Harmful Bacteria
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- A large number of pathogen-related recalls of ice cream (16 over the three-year period of 2013, 2014, and 2015) and a deadly outbreak of listeriosis in 2015 that was linked
United Airlines Faces Multiple Food Safety Whistleblower Lawsuits
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- United Airlines is facing three whistleblower lawsuits filed by employees who reported food safety concerns at its Newark catering facility. The suits have been filed by United’s former senior manager
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WHO Names South African Listeria Outbreak World’s Largest
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- According to the UN World Health Organization (WHO), South Africa is currently in the middle of the largest listeria outbreak ever seen. As of this week, the outbreak
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Roos Blues
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Roos Foods pleads guilty to FD&C Act violation in connection with 2014 Listeria outbreak.
- Thanks to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), FDA now has the authority to suspend
Ameliorative Agreements
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Blue Bell signs agreements with three states to address Listeria contamination.
- As previously covered on this blog, Blue Bell Creameries has been dealing with the aftermath of a multi-state
Friday Follow-Up
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House Agricultural Committee votes to repeal COOL requirements.
- As covered on this blog earlier this week, the World Trade Organization (WTO) rejected the U.S. appeal of a ruling regarding the
The Cost of an Outbreak
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ConAgra to pay $11.2 million in connection with Salmonella outbreak.
- In 2006-2007, Peter Pan peanut butter produced by ConAgra Foods, Inc. was recalled in connection with a nationwide Salmonella Tennessee
Blue Bell Blues
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FDA issues public update regarding listeriosis outbreak linked to ice cream products.
- FDA has many tools in its arsenal to prevent and respond to food contamination issues; these include the