The proficiency testing program of the FDA’s Food Emergency Response Network is designed to ensure consistency and accuracy across the agency’s network of about 170 labs that test food for ...

Highway construction, the crack cocaine epidemic, and gentrifying efforts threatened to destroy a community that soldiers on ...

Several baby food manufacturers are failing to meet California’s strict lead limits under Proposition 65, a Reuters investigation published April 16 has found. The report, based on 1,757 test ...

Countries have revealed their national focus areas, ranging from allergens to supplements and additives, as part of a Europe-wide food safety initiative. For the Safe2EatEU campaign, organized by ...

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating two new Salmonella outbreaks of unknown origin. Both of the outbreaks are from Salmonella Enteritidis. One has sickened 50 people while 22 ...

Your favorite supermarket snacks may soon shine less brightly in the checkout line. On April 22, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its plan to phase out petroleum-based synthetic ...

As EIs gain attention as a sustainable food source, concerns about their potential to cause allergies are increasing. The European Commission recently approved a powder derived from yellow ...

Those who backed the Republican ticket may not have realized they were voting to scale back food-safety safeguards, but that’s what they’re getting. By Steve Benen The good news is that the ...

Two recent food testing investigations in Germany have highlighted Campylobacter contamination in chicken. In tests commissioned by German TV channel RTL, chicken products were bought from ...

Federal officials say the FDA will begin phasing out approval of synthetic food dyes that are petroleum based. In a media memo released on April 21, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for pork carnitas products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically pieces of metal.

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 ...