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For over thirty years, I have been beating the same drum, and the last few days were no exception (some argue a bit too loudly and self-serving).  I have been posting about public health officials — and the FDA — sending out outbreak documents with …

A judge has ruled that how the Food Standards Agency (FSA) charges the meat industry for controls is unlawful.   According to the High Court judgement, at least some costs were unlawfully included in the assessment of both the FSA’s main hourly rate and the …

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners generally have 15 working days to respond …

Added water in fish products and traceability concerns were among the suspected fraud issues raised in April by European countries. Four alerts mentioned the United States in April including benzoic acid in a soft drink, titanium dioxide in sweets, and two ingredients in supplements not …

Today is World Food Safety Day, and this year the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have given us a theme that sounds almost like it was written for the work I have spent the last three decades doing: “From burden to …

The World Health Organization (WHO) is marking World Food Safety Day on June 7 with the release of new global estimates of the impact of foodborne illness. Unsafe food is responsible for about 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths each year, according to the new …

Prime Food Processing LLC is recalling 69 cases of “Dried Herring Fish” because the product was not adequately eviscerated.  The sale of uneviscerated fish is prohibited under New York State Agriculture and Markets regulations because Clostridium botulinum spores are more likely to be concentrated in …

World cereal prices rose in May to a 19-month high due to cost pressures in fuel and fertiliser linked to the Strait of Hormuz blockade. The post FAO-tracked world cereal prices hit 19-month high on fuel, fertiliser costs appeared first on Just Food.

Days into her new job as COO of General Mills, Dana McNabb said her key priority is to “restore profitable top-line growth”. The post General Mills new COO commits to restoring “profitable top-line growth” appeared first on Just Food.

The biggest investor in Sanford, the New Zealand seafood group, is to offload a chunk of its shares in the business. The post Largest Sanford investor to cut stake in NZ seafood group appeared first on Just Food.