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Aldi recalls chicken products that could contain salmonella

Aldi has issued an urgent recall for some of its chicken products amid fears they could be contaminated with the food poisoning bug salmonella. Anyone who has bought one of the items should not eat it, but instead return it to your nearest store for a full refund. Aldi has recalled two frozen chicken products […]

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Not all of the items are relevant to all types of food operations; there is additional sector-specific information available e.g., guidance from CDC and the U.S. Department of Labor for Agriculture Workers and Employers , Seafood Processing Workers , and Meat and Poultry Processing Workers and Employers. More information about what practices or steps might […]

DNA Exclusive: You might be consuming ‘poisonous’ food? Here’s why

New Delhi: A recent report of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has revealed that vegetables sold in major states of the country are poisonous. The worst situation was noticed in Madhya Pradesh, where 25 percent of vegetables grown and sold in markets failed to meet requisite standards, followed by Chhattisgarh, where harmful […]

Codex covers food hygiene and allergens in first ever virtual meeting

Work on food hygiene, allergens and support of food trade in Africa have been adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which recently met online for the first time in its history. Codex Alimentarius is the food standards setting body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Proposed […]

Delhi HC stays implementation of FSSAI order on blending of mustard oil

The Delhi High Court has stayed the implementation of the order by FSSAI prohibiting blending of mustard oil. In response to a petition filed by Delhi-based BR Oil Industries Pvt. Ltd, a single bench of Justice Navin Chawla has stayed the order by FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India), which was to come […]

FDA list of recalled hand sanitizers tops 200

SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use 203 hand sanitizer products as a result of having been deemed potentially unsafe or ineffective. The FDA says the recalled hand sanitizer products are considered unsafe due to methanol contamination or because they contain “Concerningly low levels of ethyl alcohol […]