Petition would allow transportation of hides; remove ‘inedible’ from definition By News Desk on Nov 24, 2021 12:05 am USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has received a petition from the Robert M. Kerr Food and Agricultural Products Center (FAPC) on the campus of Oklahoma State University. The petition requests that FSIS amend 9 CFR 325.19(e) to remove “hides” from the articles considered naturally inedible by humans that are not subject to the federal... Continue Reading FSANZ gets grant for food safety forum; consults on produce rules By News Desk on Nov 24, 2021 12:03 am Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has been given a grant to create an international food safety forum. The almost AU $500,000 (U.S. $363,000) award was announced by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. FSANZ hopes it will initially include Australia, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Singapore before potentially adding... Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak affected 20 in Wales By Joe Whitworth on Nov 24, 2021 12:01 am An outbreak of Salmonella linked to a traditional meal containing meat affected more than 20 people earlier this year in Wales. Public Health Wales was notified about two cases of salmonellosis in late July, according to a presentation at the ESCAIDE conference, organized by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Both belonged... Continue Reading Seafood, infant formula, papayas all hit with import modifications from FDA By News Desk on Nov 24, 2021 12:00 am The Food and Drug Administration uses 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 links for specific details... Continue Reading Heinz Kraft expands recall; Tang, Arizona Tea now on list because of glass, metal By News Desk on Nov 23, 2021 06:33 pm Following recalls in the U.S. and Canada, Heinz Kraft is now recalling 41 of its Arizona Tea, Tang, Country Time and Kool-Aid from the marketplace because of the potential of small glass or metal in the products. The “best when used by” dates stretch into November of 2023, according to a company recall notice posted... Continue Reading |