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 letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company…
Employees of Bouvry Exports Calgary Ltd and Alberta’s cattle ranchers, feeders, livestock producers, and transport companies are waiting for Monday morning to learn if the meat-processing plant at Fort Macleod, Alta will be re-opening after a suspension that has lasted ten days. Neither the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) nor Bouvry Exports made any new…
– OPINION – By Gary Ades Top regulators and agency leaders from FDA, USDA, AFDO, and CDC will once again provide food safety professionals, students and regulators with key updates, data, and statistics from their organizations during the Food Safety Summit Town Hall scheduled for May 12 in Rosemont, IL. Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner,…
Los Angeles-based Golden Medal Mushroom Inc. this weekend is recalling all cases of its 200g/7.05-ounce packages and 150g/5.25-ounce packages of Enoki Mushrooms (Product of China) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled mushrooms were distributed to the Chicago, Los Angeles, and Dallas areas through produce distributors or wholesalers for retail stores…
In sad news, Jane Marczewski, who went by the stage name Nightbirde, died on Saturday after four years of living with breast cancer. The Ohio-based singer was a contestant on America’s Got Talent during the most recent season, Season 16, finding fame when she was awarded judge Simon Cowell’s Golden Buzzer. She was just 31 years…
We actually do crave intimacy. “Avoidants do feel intense emotions, including deep and consuming love,” Iris*, 26, who identifies as avoidantly attached, tells SELF. We just need to feel like our independence is intact before we can let our walls down and connect. Dr. Levine, in his practice with clients and in his upcoming book,…
While you may think of core moves when you hear anyone talk about Pilates, that’s not the only muscle group the exercise modality works—and this lower-body mat Pilates workout will prove it!In this 20-minute video, which is the second installment of Sweat With SELF’s Beginner Mat Pilates series, you’ll focus on every part of your…
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of 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…
The report of an additional death in an outbreak linked to powdered infant formula has resulted in an expansion of a recall by Abbott Nutrition. The most recent patient was reported to have consumed Abbott Nutrition’s Similac PM 60/40 product with the lot code 27032K800 prior to Cronobacter sakazakii infection. The Food and Drug Administration and…
She’s a happy shopper. As she stands in the checkout line ready to pay, she has a distinctive green bag emblazoned with bright yellow letters that say LOCAL slung over her shoulder. Local, of course, she says when asked about this. It’s fresher, and I like knowing I’m helping to support our local farmers. This…