Undeclared allergens were the leading reason for recalls of meat and poultry products from the U.S. marketplace last year, and such recalls are expected to increase due to new regulatory initiatives.

During calendar year 2011, labeling errors involving the Big Eight food allergens (milk, eggs, fish, crustacea, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soy) surpassed microbial pathogens as the leading reason for recalls of.........

 JEDDAH: The Jeddah municipality has banned the sales of mayonnaise and green salads prepared in restaurants and other food outlets as part of a plan to ensure food safety and avoid food poisoning during the summer season, as well as Ramadan and Eid.

With thousands of employees working in hundreds of foodservice outlets-from street vending carts and quick service restaurants to full-service dining halls serving group banquets and convention dinners-the real magic of Walt Disney World’s approach to food safety is its behavior-based food safety management system.

Year after year, we hear and read the same advice: Handle food carefully in the summer because foodborne illness - also known as "food poisoning" - is more prevalent in warmer weather. Do foodborne illnesses increase during the summer months? If so, why?

It’s Sunday afternoon. A Philadelphia family is enjoying a fruit salad made with bananas from Ecuador, oranges from California, strawberries from Mexico and grapes from Chile. By Wednesday evening, they’re all in the hospital fighting stomach cramps and food poisoning from E. coli. 

A foodborne disease incident can be devastating for any organization that supplies food to the U.S. market. The cost of a food safety recall is typically millions of dollars and can result in the closing of food processing plants. To minimize this risk, many companies in the supply chain require that their supplier’s implement and maintain HACCP programs.

Cases of food poisoning are on the rise, with the most common culprit being poor food hygiene. There are simple ways you can prevent it. What is it?

The past year has not been a good one for food safety. There have been a number of high profile recalls traced to imported tainted ingredients and contaminated seafood, domestically produced fresh vegetables, and ground beef contaminated with E. coli O517:H7.

Antimicrobial use in food animal production has long been a cause for concern. While antimicrobials have been widely used for therapy, prophylaxis, and growth stimulation in broiler chickens, their use has been linked to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial-resistant enteric bacteria.