As part of its enforcements, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has been given months to years to correct problems. K-Pra Foods Private Limited Pune, Maharashtra, India The Food and Drug Administration…

One in four Australian adults are taking a food safety risk by eating raw or undercooked egg dishes, according to a health charity. The Food Safety Information Council released Omnipoll research, funded by Australian Pasteurized Eggs. The study also found as many as 12 percent of adults are even more at risk because they eat raw or undercooked egg dishes at least once a month. This number has doubled in the past three years. Raw…

Columbus-based Ezzo Sausage Company has recalled 25,000 pounds of sausage products after a test returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The 15 ready-to-eat sausage products were produced on Oct. 29, 2019, Oct. 30, and Nov. 5. The product list is found here. The recalled products have the establishment number “EST. 1838A” printed inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products include pepperoni for…

The Food and Drug Administration uses 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 on the links to view the full alerts. Import Alert Description URL IA-16-105 Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood and Seafood Products from Specific Manufacturers/Shippers Due to Decomposition and/or Histamines https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_19.html IA-16-125…

Tiger Brands is considering selling its processed meats business that was identified as the source of the South African Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018. The company said as part of a strategic review it had been looking at the possibility of selling its Value Added Meat Products (VAMP) business, which includes Enterprise Foods, in 2017. However, the outbreak and closure of manufacturing facilities delayed the evaluation. The listeriosis outbreak began at the start of…

Ready-to-eat entrees, including some packaged for Quick & Easy and others for amazon go, are the subject of a public alert from the USDA because they contain vegetables recalled by Mann’s Packing because of potential Listeria contamination.  The alert from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) tonight says the products contain recalled ingredients that fall under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. The products listed by the FSIS in the alert…

A New York importer is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen catfish that is incorrectly labeled as tilapia. Some of the fish has sell by dates as far away as January 2021. Inspectors from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service discovered the problem during routine surveillance activities, according to the recall notice posted by the federal agency. The fish, imported from Hong Kong, was not presented for FSIS import re-inspection. You Chang Trading Inc. reported…