The 41.7 million people who received monthly SNAP benefits in 2024 have long known they cannot use what were once called food stamps to purchase alcohol, tobacco, personal care products, or even hot and prepared foods.
In 2025, one state
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has unveiled a refreshed food safety approach.
UNIDO launched its Food Safety Approach 2.0 at the Vienna Food Safety Forum in earlier this month. The plan calls for robust food safety systems, acknowledging
Singapore saw foodborne illness rates and recalls slightly increase in 2024 compared to the year before.
Data comes from the Singapore Food Statistics 2024 report published recently by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).
Singapore imports more than 90 percent of
— OPINION —
By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
At the recent Food Safety Summit in Chicago, I attended an important session, “Recall Modernization Initiatives with the Consumer in Mind.” The message from the stage was that the industry
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
Starway International Group LLC of Maspeth, NY, is recalling 9,513 pounds of ineligible frozen catfish fish ball products that were produced by an establishment in Vietnam that is not eligible to export Siluriformes fish to the United States, the U.S.
COMVITA USA INC, of Santa Barbara, CA, is recalling 8,190 units of three Comvita-branded Manuka Honey products — Manuka Honey + Lion’s Mane for Focus, Manuka Honey + Cordyceps for Energy, and Manuka Honey + Reishi — because of leaking
Unilever Manufacturing (US), Inc., of Sikeston, MO, is recalling 6,668 cases of Rocky Road Ice Cream because of undeclared allergens and mislabeled packaging.
The product, packaged in a Breyers Chocolate Truffle tub labeled as “may contain tree nuts” with a
Crystal Creamery Inc., of Modesto, CA, is recalling 92,594 pounds (1,680 bags) of Non Fat Dry Milk because of potential contamination with Salmonella.
The recall was initiated on May 19 and is ongoing, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The Department of Health and Human Services is requesting $72 million for food safety efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in fiscal year 2026.
The request is a relatively small portion of the $94.7 billion for HHS