The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unresolved issues with the Tsukiji Motohiko Co. Ltd. located in the Kato area of Tokyo, according to a recently released May 7 warning letter sent by FDA to the Japanese seafood processing company. FDA inspected the facility last Feb. 21 and 22.  “During that inspection,” the warning letter says, “we found that you had serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation…”…

The Salmonella outbreak associated with doggy pig ear treats has added 48 more ill people and three additional serotypes in the last two weeks. Twenty-seven (27) states are now reporting a total of 93 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella. Twenty of the victims required hospitalization. None have died. Salmonella serotypes were expanded to include Infantis, London, and Newport. The Salmonella serotype I 4,[5],12:i:- was first cultured, Epidemiological evidence points to pig ear…

US Foods, located in Birmingham, AL,  late Saturday (July 20) recalled approximately 712 pounds of raw beef and pork products that may be adulterated due to possible product contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The fresh and frozen raw beef and pork items were produced July 18, 2019. This spreadsheet contains a list of the products subject to recall. The recalled products l bear establishment number “EST.…

Certain Pacific Ocean oysters were recalled late Friday (July 19) from the marketplace due to a marine biotoxin which causes Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).   No illnesses are yet associated with the recall. Oysters on the recall list were distributed in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. Retail outlets are targeted in the recall, which was  triggered by CFIA testing. The CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may…

A child in the United States is thought to be part of an E. coli outbreak linked to a farm in Iceland that has affected 21 people. A spokeswoman from Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told Food Safety News it was aware of one case that is potentially linked to the outbreak in Iceland. “The person is a Maine resident who had diarrheal illness after travel to the tourist attraction in Iceland…

More than 80 people are ill in France due to a Salmonella outbreak linked to a meat product from Italy. A spokeswoman from Santé Publique France told Food Safety News that 83 people had been infected by Salmonella Typhimurium and 13 of them needed hospital treatment. Coppa of the brand Di Vittorio supplied by Castelli France, founded in 1991 and based in Marseille, was recalled last week. Sliced or whole Coppa sold between May…

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, is demanding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) use its mandatory authority to force Agroson’s LLC to recall the Cavi brand of the whole, fresh papayas. The Cavi brand papayas are likely responsible for the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Uganda illnesses in the United States, according to both FDA and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   Agroson’s LLC is the brand’s exclusive distributor and flatly refuses to initiate a…