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…
The Food and Drug Administration’s Grand Rounds is presenting a zoom webcast on MinION Sequencing of Foodborne Pathogens with speaker Jason Neal-McKinney, Ph.D., on Thursday, April 14. Whole genome sequencing enables the FDA and other public health laboratories to identify, characterize, and track foodborne pathogens based on their genetic sequence. According to the FDA, this…
EatSafe has launched a challenge to improve food safety in Ethiopia and Nigeria. Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food (EatSafe) is a five-year program led by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In 2019, 33 percent of surveyed Ethiopians and 20 percent of Nigerians said they…
You might know Tunde Oyeneyin as the Peloton spin instructor with chiseled arms who flashes an innocuous smile right before she sets your quads on fire. But the Texas native had a successful career as a makeup artist before she ever took a spin class, and she hasn’t stopped tackling new projects. She’s also a…
Gearing up to run with your baby means finding the right stroller for them to ride along with you—and the best jogging strollers are more than just getting you and your little one from point A to point B. A high-quality stroller will glide with you over pavement, nimbly turn with the bends in your…
Another tool I sometimes recommend when financial anxiety manifests physically is to, literally, shake it off. If your heart is racing, your stomach is in knots, or your breathing becomes shallow when thinking about signing up for life insurance at work, say, you can try standing up and shaking your arms or legs (I like…
More Kinder products are under recall in Canada. Some of the products have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella infections in Europe that has sickened 150 children. Ferrero Canada Ltd. announced the expanded recall today, listing more than a dozen new products, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. As of the posting of…
Food and agricultural products imported to the European Union may soon have to meet the E.U.’s health and environmental standards. Food and agricultural products imported to the E.U. come primarily from Argentina, Brazil, China, Switzerland, Turkey, Indonesia, Ukraine, Ivory Coast and the United States. Those countries would have to comply with the E.U. standards or…
Food safety experts from Honduras, Mongolia and the Caribbean have shared their experiences on implementing a One Health approach in a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) webinar. Organized by the United Nations’ FAO in Geneva, the One Health dialogue series aims to increase awareness on the complexity of the issue and impact policy making. It was…
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has announced the launch of a live pilot of its Benchmarking Requirements for Food Safety Auditors’ Professional Recognition Bodies, following a successful comment period. According to GFSI, although food safety auditors are a vital part of ensuring safe food is available for people around the world, the industry is…