Food Safety Summit (FSS) 2015 attendees found collaboration and integration to be the watchwords for FDA’s strengthening of relationships among government organizations (federal, state and local) and other stakeholders in food safety.
A special meeting for shareholders of Kraft Foods Group, Inc. will be held on July 1 in Chicago to vote on the proposed merger of the company with the H.J. Heinz Company.
Michigan’s Quincy Street, Inc. has issued a recall for approximately 49,308 pounds of pork sausage products because they may be contaminated with foreign materials, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
As USDA continues to work with state and local officials impacted by this year’s devastating outbreak of avian influenza, government officials say they have evaluated the efficacy of available vaccine options for HPAI, but determined additional criteria must be met before a vaccine can be approved for emergency use.
Garden Grove, CA-based LQNN, Inc., which originally issued a recall for about 213,000 pounds of chicken beef and pork products, has expanded the recall to include approximately 465,000 pounds of products.
A new method for filtration of processing facility effluents—named dynamic filtration—was found to have significant advantages over currently used filtration methods when tested on actual processing effluent.
As food companies continue to adapt to consumer demands for healthier food options, Nestlé USA pledged to improve the quality of its ingredients and nutritional profiles of many of its popular frozen pizza and snack brands.