Six arrested as meat network busted in Spain
Spanish authorities have dismantled an organization that distributed meat in poor conditions. The Guardia Civil and Dirección General de Salut Pública de la Conselleria de la Generalitat Valenciana...
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150 tons of Norway lobster seized in Spain
Spanish authorities have halted the sale of certain seafood products in Galicia that may pose a risk to human health. The Guardia Civil seized more than 150 tons of Norway lobster in the second phase...
View ArticleFDA Frontlines: Meet Scott Loughan, compliance officer of the year
Contributed My name is Scott Loughan and I am a Compliance Officer in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. I work in Vermont and I am a senior case officer in my division....
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Spain and Italy crack down on unsafe food
Spanish and Italian authorities have reported a number of different investigations uncovering unsafe food in the past week. The Guardia Civil in Spain seized almost one ton of food not suitable for...
View ArticleU.S. Attorneys for Arkansas win consent decree for FDA enforcement for food...
Without much attention last November, on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Marshals seized the contents of several Arkansas food warehouses. The federal district court ordered the...
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Spain and Italy clamp down on potentially unsafe products
Spanish authorities have seized 100 kilograms of meat suspected to be unfit for human consumption. Guardia Civil detained the 220 pounds of products in a town in the Gúdar-Javalambre region of the...
View ArticleMichigan officials seize raw milk butter, warn public against Shetler farm...
State officials are warning the public to not eat or drink any raw milk products from a Michigan farm because it is unlicensed and in violation of state laws. Inspectors from the Michigan Department of...
View ArticleOfficials seize potentially unsafe food in Lithuania; outbreak discovered
Authorities in Lithuania have opened an investigation after a search found expired food products. Police in the city of Kaunas started the operation after finding a man loading boxes with alcohol from...
View ArticleRodent infestation, bird droppings, bugs lead to spice seizure at Miami company
United States Marshals seized more than 25,000 bulk bags and boxes of ready-to-eat spices and food additives Friday because they were being held in unsanitary conditions in Miami. The seizure at Lyden...
View ArticleTons of potentially unsafe food seized in Spain
Spanish authorities have confiscated more than 16 tons of food that they said was unfit for human consumption. The Guardia Civil and officials from the Aragón region made the discovery at a warehouse...
View ArticleFDA Seizes $700,000 of Rice from Georgia Warehouse
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration subjected $700,000 of rice and other food in a warehouse already under order preventing its sale by the Georgia Department of Agriculture to federal seizure...
View ArticleSeafood Seized for Lack of Hazard Plan
U.S. Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this week seized seafood products because a Wisconsin company did not have a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP)...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Seize Cheese in Wisconsin
U.S. Marshals this week seized cheese products distributed by Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin, according to a news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA said it had requested the...
View ArticleRodent Infestation Led to Wisconsin Cheese Seizure
The contents of the sealed complaint that led to last week’s raid by U.S. Marshals of Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin Inc., located near Darlington, were made public after the cheese products were seized...
View ArticleElderberry Juice Seized Over Health Claims
A Kansas company’s claims that elderberry juice can prevent certain illnesses or be used to treat certain diseases are unproven and illegal, the government charged in court papers last week before...
View ArticleFDA Orders Seafood Seizure
U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, acting at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and under the authority of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seized seafood...
View ArticleMarshals Seize Food at North Carolina Warehouse
At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals Thursday seized all FDA-regulated food susceptible to rodent and pest contamination at a Durham, North Carolina, warehouse. The...
View ArticleFeds Seize Foods at Washington Warehouse
Citing evidence of “widespread and active rodent and insect infestation,” the Food and Drug Administration had U.S. Marshals seize food products being held in the warehouse and processing plant of...
View ArticleFeds Seize Food at Illinois Warehouse
Peanuts, flour, rice and other foods stored in what regulators said was a rodent-infested warehouse were seized by U.S. Marshals on October 17. Under a warrant issued by the U.S. District Court for the...
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FDA, U.S. Marshals raid Minnesota warehouse, seize food
Professional Warehouse and Distribution Inc., a repeat offender on the FDA’s books, won’t be storing food for human consumption any more according to the owner who spoke after U.S. Marshals seized food...
View ArticleE. coli found in mojitos sold on Barcelona’s beaches
Spanish authorities have seized ingredients hidden in sewers and trash bins that were used to make mojitos at a tourist hot spot. La Guardia Civil carried out controls on beaches of the Barcelona coast...
View Article28 tons of food seized in Spain after alleged changing of shelf life dates
Spanish authorities have seized more than 28 tons of food that they said was not suitable for human consumption. Items were found in the facilities of companies in the provinces of Zaragoza, Valencia,...
View ArticleMeat, supplements, and wine seized in Portugal
Authorities in Portugal have seized several products in recent months because of breaches of legislation, including meat, food supplements, wine, and olive oil. In July, the Food and Economic Safety...
View ArticleSmaller Operation Opson highlights expired food reuse issue
A toned-down version of a major operation targeting unsafe food has revealed the growing problem of relabeling expired food. Opson Europe, or Opson XII, was coordinated by Europol and occurred between...
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