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As part of its enforcement activities, the 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 have 15 days to respond to FDA warning …

An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections, which resulted in one death, was caused by contaminated home-delivered meals, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). In mid-April 2025, the Gastrointestinal Infections, Food Safety and One Health (GIFSOH) Division was informed of two cases of listeriosis with …

I made these burgers for a fall cookout and they disappeared before the second round of drinks was poured. One pound of ground pork mixed with minced garlic, grated yellow onion, dried thyme, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper. Formed into four patties and grilled five …

Quick bites from around the food safety arena The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have linked 431 illnesses in 32 states to fresh jalapeño pepperscontaminated with Salmonella Javiana. The peppers were grown in Sinaloa, Mexico and distributed by San Diego-based Coast Citrus Distributors. More …

Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. …

What happens when you grill a pie? The crust gets smoky and the bottom stays crisp from the indirect heat. This one uses a standard pie crust laid on the grill, topped with fresh figs halved and arranged cut-side up, crumbled blue cheese tucked between …

CDC’s August 20 update puts the iceberg lettuce Cyclospora outbreak at 10,930 illnesses, 454 hospitalizations and two deaths across seventeen states, with no new states added. Federal regulators have announced twenty-one foodborne outbreak investigations so far in 2026, against twenty-eight in all of 2025. The number of outbreaks is …

The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are …

The CDC has reported that the number of people infected in an outbreak of Salmonella and E. coli infections linked to alfalfa sprouts has grown to almost 60. And, 15 states coast to coast are now involved. The outbreak was first reported by public health …