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FDA sampling of fresh herbs, guacamole and processed avocado

# Avocado

# E. coli

# guacamole

As of January 1, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has tested 747 fresh herb samples (441 domestic, 306 import), and 526 processed avocado or guacamole samples (435 domestic, 91 import).

2019-04-09 · foodmate

Roche Chicken Recalled for Processing Defect

# Roche Chicken

Hans Kissle Company of Massachusetts is recalling 6,348 pounds of ready to eat chicken products because of a potential process defect.

2017-01-25 · foodmate

Broken thermometers at processed food facility, illegal drugs in beef and veal prompt warnings

# FDA

# drug residues

# antibiotic residues

The Food and Drug Administration recently warned owners of a beef producer, a dairy, and a frozen food company about violations of federal food safety laws.

2018-12-11 · foodsafetynews

Notice of the Food Evaluation Center of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration on Accelerating Feedback of Relevant Information on On-site Verification of Health Food Registration

# Food Safety

# Health Food

# Registration Info

# Verification Process

# Government Notice

# Regulatory Update

On March 17, 2026, the Food Evaluation Center of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration issued a notice to speed up the on-site verification of relevant information on health food registration, products include extract source brand Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body concentrated capsule, Han Fang Shen Cao oral liquid, fresh Dendrobium officinale American ginseng astragalus granule, fresh Dendrobium officinale maca powder American ginseng poria cocos extract, donkey-hide gelatin block, auxiliary hypoglycemic granules, probiotic decoction brand American ginseng spore powder capsule, Dendrobium wolfberry granules, such as Xinhua Mao brand powder, Rong brand propolis soft capsule, etc.

2026-03-23 ·

AOAC-RI Certifies Hygiena UltraSnap™ Surface ATP Test

# AOAC-RI

# ATP Test

# Hygiena UltraSnap

# food processing facility

Hygiena, a global leader in rapid food safety and environmental sanitation testing, announced the AOAC Research Institute, one of the world’s most recognizable product certification organizations, has issued its Performance Tested MethodSM certificate to

2018-11-29 · newfoodmagazine

GRAS status: FDA and USDA approve PhageGuard-E as processing aid against E. Coli

# E. coli

# PhageGuard-E

Micreos will continue to expand its product portfolio and will target pathogen reduction technology. Now that PhageGuard-E has gained approval as a new surface intervention to combat E. coli O157 on food products, it will now be available for the US beef

2018-09-19 · foodingredientsfirst

Processed fruit & veg products may need added sugar label

# sugar label

# fruit & veg

The FDA has issued a new regulation on whether products containing processed fruits and vegetables will be required to have an added sugar label.

2017-01-10 · foodmate

FDA warns seafood processor for lack of hazard plan

# FDA

# seafood

A seafood processing facility in Missouri is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control point (HAACP) regulation.

2017-08-02 · foodsafetynews

Seafood and food processing facility found with violations

# seafood

# facility

The seafood processing and food manufacturing facility in Honolulu owned by Modern Macaroni Co. Ltd was inspected Dec. 6-13, 2016. Serious violations were found, which the FDA says renders the fish or fishery products from the facility to be adulterated.

2017-03-06 · foodsafetynews

Feds find potential process defect; chicken bowls recalled

# R Kitchen

# bacterial

# food recalls

Chicken and rice bowls packaged under the R Kitchen brand for the Roche Bros. grocery chain are under recall by manufacturer Hans Kissel Co. LLC for possible bacterial contamination because of a problem in a processing plant.

2017-01-23 · Food Safety News