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The FDA has formed a coalition of major consumer and industry groups to enhance food safety practices and enforcement

FDA and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local partners, are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella Thompson infections linked to fresh diced onions from Gills Onions of Oxnard, California.

Gills Onions of Oxnard, CA is voluntarily recalling Gills Onions branded fresh diced onions products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

FDA deputy commissioner Jim Jones discusses the new FDA framework for guaranteeing the nation's food safety.

Safeway Fresh Foods of Vineland, NJ, is recalling its 32-oz. Diced Organic Butternut Squash product as it has the potential to be contaminated with Escherichia coli O45. E. coli O45 causes a diarrheal illness often with bloody stools.

I see that the FDA’s appointment of James Jones as the agency’s first deputy commissioner for human foods has been greeted warmly by a number of organizations and individuals, including Western Growers, the Consumer Brands Association, and the American Frozen Foods Institute.

The new executive position will lead the charge in setting and advancing priorities for a proposed unified Human Foods Program (HFP).

These are just a few of the pivotal issues that attendees will confront at IFPA’s 2023 Washington Conference, September 12-15 in Washington, DC.

Wiliot, the Internet of Things pioneer whose visibility platform is enabling trillions of "things" to gain intelligence, today announced that Frank Yiannas, the former Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy & Response of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor.

“We are pleased that the FDA now officially recognizes IFA as a reliable basis for food safety,” said Managing Director Elmé Coetzer-Boersma.