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World Food Safety Day 2022

June 15, 2022

On June 7, the United Nations mark the fourth global World Food Safety Day to draw attention and mobilize action to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and improve human health.

Regulatory Watch

IFSAC announces priorities for 2022-2023

March 7, 2022

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a collaboration between the CDC, FDA and FSIS—has published its priorities for this year and next.

Recalls

Fresh Express recalls certain fresh salad products due to potential health risk

Recalled salad items were distributed through retailers in the Northeast and Midwest regions of the U.S.

December 22, 2021

Fresh Express is recalling certain varieties of its branded and private label salad products produced at the company’s Streamwood, Ill., facility because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Food Safety

Investigation of Salmonella Oranienburg in whole, fresh onions continues

FDA, CDC and state and local partners are investigating a multistate outbreak

October 22, 2021

Regulatory Watch

FSIS posts updated reports on antimicrobial resistance profile

June 1, 2021

The quarterly antimicrobial resistance data for FSIS product categories has been updated on the FSIS website.

Regulatory Watch

FDA launches human pathogens study

Sharon Spielman

December 29, 2020

The FDA has announced the launch of a multi-year study to improve food safety through enhanced understanding of the ecology of human pathogens that may cause foodborne illness outbreaks.

Foodborne illness outbreaks

When humanitarian food aid makes people sick

Queen’s University Belfast scientists, with a little help from FDA, found the actual source of tainted UN food sent to Uganda in 2019

Wayne Labs

October 9, 2020

In 2019, the World Food Programme (WPF), a United Nations humanitarian organization, distributed food to very needy people in Uganda. In March 2019, a major food-poisoning incident occurred in one region of the country, followed by a second outbreak, which occurred in a refugee camp in a completely different area in Uganda. In the first outbreak five people died and hundreds were hospitalized.

Manufacturing News

Bill would allow the FDA access to CAFOs

Wayne Labs

February 11, 2020

In an effort to allow FDA to sample water, soil and environmental conditions on USDA-regulated concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), New York Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand introduced a bill that would provide the FDA authority to conduct microbial sampling on CAFOs as necessary for a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine the outbreak’s root cause or address other public health needs.

Food Safety

How to handle notifying the public about recalls

Experts from the CDC, USDA and others debate how much information should be shared with the public during recalls and outbreaks

Crystal Lindell

August 20, 2018

During the recent romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak, the CDC web-site page for E. Coli got 2 million page views. The month before that, it had gotten just 125,000.

estimated percentage of foodborne illnesses by food category

Manufacturing News

Common causes of foodborne illnesses identified

Report details most common causes of foodborne illnesses

March 11, 2018

The Interagency Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC), a joint effort between the USDA, FDA and CDC, has come out with its findings of the causes of foodborne illnesses in 2013.