FoodSafetyNews
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Faces of Food Safety: Meet Jeffery Jacobsen of the FSIS
By Suzanne Hensell, OPACE A newly named deputy district manager (DDM) in the Des Moines District, Jeffery Jacobsen began his Food Safety...
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Focus on auditors, certificate fraud and science at GFSI conference
Auditor competence, certificate fraud and supporting smaller food companies were some of the main topics discussed at the recent GFSI Conference....
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FDA investigates outbreak linked to cereal; continues with other outbreak work
The FDA is investigating more than 200 “adverse events” related to an unnamed dry cereal. In recent days reports from across the country regarding...
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Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak
Five years ago, three-year-old Jordin Du Preez was fed a polony sandwich at her preschool. The Tiger Brand’s polony in the sandwich was...
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FDA checking on ‘adverse events’ while other outbreak investigations continue
The FDA is investigating “adverse event reports” involving at least 31 people, according to an announcement from the agency. Little information...
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Publisher’s Platform: Yet another hepatitis A ill food service worker calls CDC Guidelines into Question
– OPINION – Come on CDC, let’s call for hepatitis A vaccines for all food service workers. There has been an ongoing and massive hepatitis...
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Publisher’s Platform: Six weeks after infant formula Cronobacter sakazakii outbreak and recall there are still unanswered questions
What we know: There have been four sick with two dead from Cronobacter sakazakii. The recall: The recall began on February 17, 2022 and...
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Salmonella accounted for nearly 80 percent of pathogen violations in U.S. food imports from 2002 to 2019
As the quantity of food imported into the United States continues to rise, it is increasingly important to minimize foodborne illness risks for...
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‘Tainted’ audiobook now available
Phyllis Entis’s new book “Tainted” is now available as an audiobook. The book is narrated by Entis herself. The book is particularly topical...
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Cheese recalled because of link to Listeria infections
A type of cheese linked to two cases of listeriosis has been recalled in New Zealand. Officials said there have been two reports of illness...