CFIA staffing still varies, but its no longer an issue By Dan Flynn on Sep 03, 2019 12:05 am Back in the day, that being before 2015, Canadian politics made much of minor fluxations in numbers of staff assigned to food safety. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) was often defending its staffing levels when Conservative Ron Harper ran the government from the capital in Ottawa. Usually, charges that inspection personnel was being cutback... Continue Reading    FDA sends warnings to companies in Maryland and China By News Desk on Sep 03, 2019 12:04 am As part of its enforcements, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Recently released warnings to food companies about tahini products and seafood products. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has be given months to... Continue Reading    Norway norovirus outbreaks linked to seaweed salad from China By Joe Whitworth on Sep 03, 2019 12:03 am More than 100 people have fallen ill in Norway from norovirus likely in a frozen seaweed salad from China. The first outbreak of norovirus suspected to be linked to the seaweed salad occurred in mid-June and the most recent was at the beginning of August. The implicated product was also shipped to Denmark. “It is... Continue Reading    Four ill in Spain with botulism linked to tuna By News Desk on Sep 03, 2019 12:01 am Four people are part of a foodborne botulism outbreak in Spain after eating DIA brand tuna. A batch of canned tuna in sunflower oil of the brand DIA has been removed from sale. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) said those who became ill ate a homemade salad that included the tuna. Spanish... Continue Reading