Operations at a company in Lithuania have been suspended after food agency inspectors were denied entry to the premises during an inspection. The State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) reported that in August, when inspectors went to fish producer Almantika UAB, company officials would not let inspectors access the site. Police officers were called by

— OPINION — The years of inspection reports (Here are the Inspection Reports in PDF.) leave little doubt that the Boar’s Head plant’s food safety plan must have been non-existent. It is hard to wrap your head around how food could be produced in these conditions by this company and under the gaze of the

Investigators from the FDA have discovered a new outbreak of infections from Salmonella Enteritidis. According to the Food and Drug Administration’s notice, the outbreak has already sickened 66 people. The agency has not reported the patients’ ages or locations. FDA investigators have begun onsite inspections and sample testing, but the agency has not yet reported

The Food and Drug Administration continues using 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 links to details

— OPINION — Listeria contamination is causing meats and produce to be pulled off store shelves nationwide, with hospitalizations and deaths continuing to mount and new recalls being issued. Now the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are investigating a new listeria outbreak.  Some lawmakers are calling out  FDA’s evident failure to protect consumers, and renewing a legislative push to create a new Federal Food Administration

Scientists say a database created in a European project could improve food safety. The database of food metagenomes was developed as part of the EU-funded MASTER project. Metagenomes are the genomic material from all microorganisms in an environment. The curatedFoodMetagenomicData (cFMD) is a database of metagenomes from food. DNA sequencing technologies will help researchers tackle

Along with five key recommendations (see box below) that would bring together the entire food ecosystem under one governmental working group, the report urged policy makers to make significant investments in future food tech and “advanced manufacturing strategies” to make food and beverage manufacturing a priority sector.Join us for the free Climate Smart Food digital

A special advisory group of 29 organisations, including lobby groups and NGOs, delivered the new and final Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture​ some months after its original 2023 deadline.Report stakeholders reached the consensus to revise EU animal welfare legislation by 2026 and advised how the EU’s food and agricultural industry could do

The UK-based company designed Power Up to support muscle recovery, boost energy levels and aid sleep, aiming to improve runners’ rest and recovery between training sessions. As Tim Boote, co-founder of Protein Rebel explained to NutraIngredients, magnesium specifically is often lacking in the diets of those with an active lifestyle.Research shows that 60% of the adult

Milo’s Poultry Farms LLC of Bonduel, WI, is recalling all “Milo’s Poultry Farms” and “Tony’s Fresh Market” branded eggs, including organic eggs, because these eggs have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall was initiated after the Food and Drug Administration informed the company that environmental samples tested positive for the bacteria. The