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On February 4, 2021, a congressional report exposing four major baby food companies for allowing dangerous contents of heavy metals in their products was made public. Naturally, parents of infants and toddlers nationwide were outraged. 

Swiss American is recalling St Louis Brie products after being alerted by the manufacturer, Old Europe Cheese Inc.

A commitment to the environment or “going green” has become an integral element of doing business around the world, and that includes the food business—from growing and husbandry through food handling to processing and distribution, including at grocery stores.

A flood of warning letters from the FDA on water system suitability could pull the plug on the production of food, beverage, cosmetic, nutraceutical and over-the-counter (OTC) or pharmaceutical products if companies are not conducting total organic carbon (TOC) water testing analysis on a regular basis.

These items were shipped to a Family Fare retail location in Cannon Falls, Minn., where three packages of the wieners were sold.

The FSIS has announced recalls by Behrmann Meat and Processing Inc., Empanadas Valrico Inc. and Connoisseur’s Kitchen.

Sunset Farm Foods has issued a recall for its 28-oz. packages of its Georgia Special Chicken and Pork Smoked Sausage due to consumer complaints of blue plastic containments.

PFAS still lurks in seafood and some public water.

In a Constituent Update issued by the FDA, the agency has made available testing results for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in seafood samples collected at retail. The FDA conducted this limited survey as a preliminary step to determine if a more targeted or larger seafood survey should be conducted.