NGA and UNFI Release Traceability Guide

This essential resource, a complimentary benefit available to all NGA members, was written and designed to help independent grocers achieve compliance with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” rule efficiently and effectively.

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Meat and Poultry Products Illegally Imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Myanmar is a country ineligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products entered the country.

Movista Releases FSMA 204 Report: What Grocery Teams Need to Know Ahead of 2026 Traceability Changes

August 7, 2024 Movista

The retail technology landscape is also surveyed in the report to help leaders navigate the regulatory changes with tools such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and retail execution software.

FDA Advises Restaurants and Retailers Not to Serve or Sell and Consumers Not to Eat Certain Oysters from Lewis Bay, Massachusetts Potentially Contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni

August 7, 2024 FDA

The FDA is advising restaurants and food retailers not to serve or sell and to dispose of oysters, and consumers not to eat recalled oysters harvested between 7/1/2024 and 7/18/2024 from two lease sites in the SC28, Lewis Bay, MA harvest area and shipped to retailers in CA, CT, FL, IL, MA, MN, MO, NJ, NH, NY, and PA because they may be contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni. Oysters may have been distributed to other states, as well.

Supreme Service Solutions LLC Voluntarily Recalls Supreme Vegetable Products Because of Possible Health Risk

July 29, 2024 FDA

Supreme Service Solutions LLC. (dba Supreme Produce) is assisting in a Kroger Store recall for items purchased from Weirs Farm Inc. (purchased from Kroger Stores) due to possible contamination with Listeria Monocytogenes.