Food Safety

Investing in People: F&S Produce uses grant for company-wide training

With a new 25,000-square-foot facility expansion now in place, F & S Produce is investing in another valuable asset: Its 400-plus employees. T... continue reading »

Lawsuit demands implementation of FSMA regulations

The Center for Food Safety and Center for Environmental Health have filed suit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Office of Man... continue reading »

PMA announces Impact Award finalists for food packaging

The Produce Marketing Association has announced the finalists for its annual PMA 2012 Impact Award: Excellence in Packaging.The global awards progra... continue reading »

FDA confirms Indiana farm as source of cantaloupe contamination

The FDA has confirmed that samples of cantaloupe collected at Chamberlain Farms in Owensville, Ind., match the DNA of a strain of salmonella that ha... continue reading »

Mangoes from Mexico suspected in U.S. salmonella infections

Tainted mangoes from Mexico implicated in a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has sickened several people in Canada are likely linked to about 101... continue reading »

CDC updates count on illnesses, deaths from 2011 Jensen Farms cantaloupe outbreak

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has increased by three the number of people who died as a result of contracting listeria f... continue reading »

Dole Fresh Vegetables recalling 1,039 cases of Italian Blend salad

Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling 1,039 cases of bagged salad. The product being recalled is 10-oz. Dole Italian Blend coded 0049N220... continue reading »

FDA names Indiana farm in Midwest cantaloupe outbreak

The FDA has identified Chamberlain Farms of Owensville, Ind., as the possible source of contaminated cantaloupes suspected in a multi-state outbreak... continue reading »

Cantaloupe outbreaks: What consumers can do

With cantaloupe grown in southwestern Indiana under recall after being linked to two deaths and more than 140 illnesses from salmonella, on the heel... continue reading »

FDA: Salmonella outbreak, including two deaths, linked to contaminated cantaloupes from Indiana

The FDA is investigating a multistate oubreak of salmonella infections including two deaths that may be related to cantaloupe grown in Southwest Ind... continue reading »