NEW YORK — The New York City Health Department is urging some customers of a Westside Market here to get a hepatitis A vaccine after learning one of the retailer’s employees contracted the illness.
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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has determined fees for the 2014 fiscal year for certain facility reinspections and penalties related to the Food Safety Modernization Act.
The reinspection fee applies to domestic and foreign ...
ATLANTA — Investigations by state department of health officials in Iowa and Nebraska found cyclospora illnesses in their states originated from a packaged salad mix.
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WASHINGTON — The Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response, a collaboration between government and the food industry, has created guidelines to assist retailers and restaurants in dealing with outbreaks resulting from foodborne illnesses...
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration released two proposed rules as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act that deal with food imported into the United States.
The foreign supplier verification programs rule requires importers ...
Margaret Hamburg
When Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act in 2011, it granted the Food and Drug Administration unprecedented authority to regulate the country’s food supply.
Rolling out the FSMA guidelines has been a longer pr...
Tom Vilsack
Between U.S. Department of Agriculture’s work on legislation and food safety reform, it’s been a challenging year for Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Vilsack has been actively advocating for the passage of the Agriculture Reform, Food an...
AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market, Kroger Co. and Roundy's Supermarkets have recalled cheese from Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Company in response to an ongoing listeria outbreak that has resulted in five illnesses and one death.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — A U.S. District Court has ruled that the Food and Drug Administration must issue all proposed Food Safety Modernization Act Rules by Nov. 30, and publish the final rules by June 30, 2015.
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WASHINGTON — Another produce company has recalled frozen pomegranate seeds due to the ongoing hepatitis A outbreak, although as yet there is no evidence its products are contaminated.
Scenic Fruit Company of Gresham, Ore., voluntarily reca...
