Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A senator and representative have introduced legislation that would give the FDA and CDC authority to enter and collect samples at feedlots during foodborne illness outbreaks. For example, during a 2018 romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak investigation, the FDA traced the strain of outbreak E. That cannot stand.”

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OCTOBER 21, 2022

pleaded guilty today to charges related to the manufacture of a breakfast cereal linked to a 2018 outbreak of salmonellosis, or Salmonella poisoning. In pleading guilty, Chermala admitted that between June 2016 and June 2018, he directed subordinates to not report certain information to Kellogg’s about conditions at the Gridley facility.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When it comes to the term “healthy,” which is a nutrient content claim, the FDA defined it more than 25 years ago in 1993 with a focus on total fats, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. So the FDA in 2016 began the public process of considering a new definition for “healthy.”

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The FDA says the outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to three farms in Indiana is over, but the agency has not named the farms. The FDA did not name the farms linked to the previous outbreaks, but a report on the 2022 outbreak referenced Knox and Gibson Counties of Indiana. Typhimurium grouping.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

the producer of the onions, cooperated with the FDA throughout the investigation and is continuing to engage with the FDA on the agency’s findings and recommendations. FDA issued an assignment to follow up with the associated firms. Thomson International Inc.,

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put together guidelines to advise consumers to clean cantaloupe before eating. The washing and sanitizing process for fresh produce recommended by the FDA involves washing and scrubbing to remove the dirt and microbes (FDA, 2018).

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

4] However, three months later, at a meeting with the FDA, Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC changed its position and stated that it would serve only clover sprouts sourced from specific suppliers. [5]. the owner of Jimmy John’s, LLC, replied to the FDA that sprouts had been permanently removed from the menu at all Jimmy John’s locations.

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

In 2020 Chipotle was ordered to pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement in foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened more than 1,100 people between 2015 and 2018. The FDA, CDC, and Blue Bell all issued public recall notifications on March 13, 2015.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Cooperstown Cheese Company LLC Milford, NY A food firm in New York is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 2, 2019

During the 2018 Thanksgiving outbreak, the government’s actions clearly prevented additional illnesses. Last month, the FDA retroactively identified an outbreak involving romaine lettuce that occurred in late summer, causing 23 illnesses. Notably, the 2018 Thanksgiving outbreak was not the first one that year either.

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APRIL 21, 2020

will pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement in foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened more than 1,100 people between 2015 and 2018, the Department of Justice announced today. Here is a bit of my history with Chipotle: 2018 Outbreak of Clostridium perfringens at Chipotle, Powell, Ohio.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. On March 26, 2023, the FDA conducted the business’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). On March 26, 2023, the FDA conducted the business’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). 15, 2018, and Dec.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

22, 2018, to Aug. The FDA continues to work to find out what retailers may have received recalled fruit associated with this outbreak. Retailer lists are now available for peaches, nectarines and plums linked to a Listeria outbreak that has killed one person and sickened others. Samples from sick people were collected from Aug.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 16, 2023

And, why does the FDA consider Salmonella an adulterant in all foods and the USDA/FSIS does not? According to the FDA , “[p]athogenic bacteria (e.g., According to the latest tri-agency (CDC, FDA, FSIS) report (published in November 2022), 23.2% FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec.

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JULY 27, 2023

Among a subset of 251 patients with records in the Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network ( FoodNet ) during 2018 to 2020, ten percent of patients traveled internationally in the seven days before their illnesses began. Most traveled to the Dominican Republic, with 45 percent having traveled there.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The FDA has issued a general warning and a specific warning letter regarding the use of probiotics in pre-term infants. Some products have been linked with more than two dozen reported “adverse events” since 2018 and one death in 2023, the agency said. The company agreed to discontinue sales of the product, the FDA said.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2021

EPA, FDA, and USDA Renew Food Wase Reduction Plan : On December 17, 2020, three U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) announced the renewal of the Formal Agreement Among EPA, FDA and USDA Relative to Cooperation and Coordination on Food Loss and Waste.

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The Food Law Firm

JANUARY 22, 2019

The signing into law of the 2018 Farm Bill marked a watershed moment for the cultivation of industrial hemp and production of hemp-derived products in the U.S. To date, only one product containing CBD, an anti-seizure medication, has been approved for sale by the FDA. Even the FDA is not blind to this trend.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

FDA and states continue to trace the source of the romaine lettuce eaten by ill people. coli O157:H7 that caused outbreaks linked to leafy greens in 2017 and to romaine lettuce in 2018. No deaths have been reported. Preliminary information indicates that some of the ill people ate lettuce grown in Salinas, California.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The NCC petitioned FSIS on May 8, 2018, requesting that the USDA agency coordinate with the U.S. Specifically, the NCC wanted FSIS and FDA to work together to exempt surplus broiler hatching eggs intended for breaking from the refrigeration requirements and instead rely on FSIS’ egg products regulations to control for Salmonella.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Over the last week both the CDC and FDA, along with various State Departments of Health and Agriculture, have been investigating two Listeria outbreaks linked to the consumption of various leafy greens. Fresh Express Cyclospora Outbreak Lawsuits – Nationwide (2018). Dole Spinach E. coli Outbreak Lawsuits – Nationwide (2006).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Product recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts are becoming more common, with over 1700 tracked by the FDA to date this year. In 2018, there were a combined 656 FDA and USDA recalls , and there has been an 83 percent increase in Class 1 recalls of meat and poultry alone since 2013.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Almark Foods and the FDA need to explain why positive product tests and illnesses in 2017 did not stop positive product tests and illnesses in 2019. FDA laboratory analysis of the environmental sample collected February 6, 2019, confirmed that two (2) environmental swabs were positive for L. monocytogenes.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The FDA and CDC yesterday announced that the latest romaine lettuce E. Carolyn was food poisoned after eating contaminated romaine lettuce in a meal she purchased with cash and consumed from a local restaurant in April 2018. coli infection on April 14, 2018. coli outbreak was over. For some these outbreaks are never really over.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

Proposition 12 was passed by California voters in 2018 as a ballot initiative. FDA Foods Program Announces Priorities : On January 31, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a list of guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program to complete before February 2022.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

June 2018 – Caito Foods recalled fresh melon Saturday after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 60 people, sending 32 to hospitals. The agency finally reported yesterday where the sick people lived. No deaths were reported.

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Food Quality & Safety

APRIL 22, 2024

Currently, FDA believes it lacks the authority to pursue this course of action within its existing structure. House of Representatives oversight committee earlier this month and noted that FDA deemed hemp-derived CBD not sufficiently safe for lawful sale as a dietary supplement. Califf addressed a U.S.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 31, 2024

22, 2018, to Aug. 23, 2023, the FDA collected a sample of HMC Farms peaches for testing and found Listeria. Analysis showed that people in this outbreak were 18 times more likely to eat peaches, nectarines, or plums than sick people not in this outbreak. Sick people’s samples were collected from Aug. 16, 2023. “On

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The FDA has identified peaches, plums and nectarines as the likely source of a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes , leading to a voluntary recall by HMC Farms. The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, have been investigating the outbreak as new matching cases have been identified over the past several years.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The FDA recommends that consumers and businesses not eat, sell, or serve recalled peaches, plums, or nectarines. 22, 2018, to Aug. 23, 2023, the FDA collected samples of 2-pound bagged peaches at The HMC Group Cold Storage Inc. For photos of product packing and labels, use the following recall links. 15 this year.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 23, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to Discover Fresh Foods, LLC of Greenville, SC, a manufacturer of refrigerated ready-to-eat (RTE) dips and spreads. According to the report, FDA laboratory analysis of environmental sample #1242488 collected on December 13, 2023, found that three (3) out of the 99 total environmental swabs were positive for L.

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Agroknow

JUNE 4, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 2020 Leafy Greens Action Plan was deployed, utilizing sophisticated technologies such as blockchain and machine learning to ensure that people don’t get sick from salad greens. CBC highlighted that between 2009 and 2018, the U.S. During the same period, a dedicated U.S. coli in the U.S. coli O157: H7.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

NCA cites its recent litigation in California and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) statement to CR as evidence that chocolate is okay. The Consumer Reports article findings disregard levels previously set by the Superior Court of the State of California, San Francisco County, California in 2018.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

FDA and states are tracing the source of the romaine lettuce eaten by ill people. coli O157:H7 that caused outbreaks linked to leafy greens in 2017 and to romaine lettuce in 2018. This recall includes salad products that contained contaminated romaine lettuce. This outbreak is caused by the same strain of E.

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DECEMBER 24, 2022

Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in August 2018. Another odd governmental fact is that the FDA does not seem to make a distinction between pathogens it considers adulterants or not. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec. Dr. Esteban was appointed as Chief Scientist of the U.S.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The FDA has called livestock a “persistent reservoir” of E. An outbreak strain was detected in a fecal-soil composite sample taken from a cattle grate less than two miles upslope from a produce farm, according to the FDA. since the start of 2018. Food and Drug Administration has not done more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 30, 2022

Chipotle was charged with violating federal law by adulterating food for the unprecedented seven foodborne illness outbreaks that occurred and sickened more than 1,100 people between 2015 and 2018. This is the largest fine ever in a food safety case.

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