Mical Seafood Recalls Tuna Products for Possible Scombroid Poisoning

October 4, 2019 FDA

Mical Seafood, Inc. of Cooper City, FL, voluntarily initiated a recall of frozen, wild-caught yellowfin tuna poke cubes, tuna loins, tuna ground meat and 6oz tuna steaks because of potentially elevated levels of histamine.

Lipari Foods Issues Recall of Bulk Chicken Salads and Chicken Salad Sandwiches Due to Potential Contamination of Listeria Monocytogenes

October 3, 2019 FDA

Lipari Foods has issued a voluntary recall of Lipari Old Tyme Bulk Chicken Salad, Lipari Old Tyme Bulk Cranberry Almond Chicken Salad, Premo Chicken Salad Wedge Sandwiches, Fresh Grab Chicken Salad Wedge Sandwiches, and Premo Signature Cranberry Almond Chicken Salad on Croissant due to potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes

Dorset Cheese Voluntarily Recalled by North Atlantic and Northeast Whole Foods Market Stores Due to Possible Health Risk

October 2, 2019 FDA

In response to a recall from Consider Bardwell Farm, Whole Foods Market stores in the Northeast and North Atlantic regions are voluntarily recalling Dorset cheese because of a potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.

FDA Launches the FDA-TRACK: Food Safety Dashboard to Track FSMA Progress

October 1, 2019 FDA

FDA is announcing the availability of the initial metrics that begin to track outcomes for three FSMA rules in the areas of inspections and recalls.

Senate Committee Approves Additional Money For Seafood Inspection

September 27, 2019 Halle Parker, Houma Today

Sen. John Kennedy announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee, which he sits on, approved the appropriations bill for agriculture, rural development, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies for fiscal year 2020 last week.