Food Safety News - 04/19/2022 Food and drug officials nationwide review the state of recalls and related needs

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Food and drug officials nationwide review the state of recalls and related needs​ By News Desk on Apr 19, 2022 12:05 am An ongoing Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) recall modernization project workgroup has released its recommendations after a three-year review of data and information. The AFDO team is made up of regulators and industry representatives from across the country. AFDO has released a Recall Whitepaper outlining the group’s work, which it explained as follows: “In 2018, AFDO developed... Continue Reading Timing and scale of chocolate outbreak required urgent response, says study​ By Joe Whitworth on Apr 19, 2022 12:04 am The Ferrero recall linked to a Salmonella outbreak is likely one of the largest withdrawals of chocolate products in European commercial history, given timing in relation to Easter and wide distribution, according to a study. An outbreak of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium in at least 10 countries, mostly affecting young children, has been linked to Kinder chocolate produced... Continue Reading Kosher is going mainstream; food safety an important issue​ By Cookson Beecher on Apr 19, 2022 12:03 am For the approximately 15.2 million Jewish people in the world, this is a time to celebrate Passover — the festival commemorating the exodus of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery in the 1200s BC. This year the holiday runs from April 15 through April 22. As with other holidays, food is an important part of this... Continue Reading U.S. and other countries looking for cause of hepatitis infections in children​ By News Desk on Apr 19, 2022 12:02 am The United States and several other countries are investigating an increase of hepatitis infections in young children. Since November 2021, the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are probing illnesses of hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nine children less than 10 years old. These children had symptoms of a gastrointestinal illness and varying... Continue Reading Pesticides, food additives, Salmonella spark FDA to act on imported foods​ By News Desk on Apr 19, 2022 12:01 am The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with... Continue Reading