New sentencing guidelines for food safety violations used in England By News Desk  Al-Ummah Halal Poultry Limited in Barnsley, a large town in South Yorkshire, England, was sentenced under new guidelines earlier this week after pleading guilty in Magistrates Court to food safety related violations. The company which operates a poultry slaughterhouse in Barnsley, was fined £22,000 after pleading guilty to eleven offences, including failure to: remove viscera from... Continue Reading
Extension project targets contaminated water risk to produce By News Desk  A multistate research and outreach project designed to assist produce growers with reducing food safety risks from contaminated surface water is taking shape at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Besides helping to mitigate these risks, the project is also meant to help growers better understand and comply with requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Final Rule... Continue Reading
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A fifth ice cream brand — Agave Dream — is under recall because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes from the Dr. Bob's of Upland LLC manufacturing plant. Agave Dream of Palos Veredes Peninsula, CA, posted its recall with the Food and Drug Administration Thursday evening, pulling back five flavors of its ice cream and... 
Editor’s note: Stephen Ostroff is FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine. He wrote this column as an FDA blog post Nov. 10. Most people, even if they live in cities or suburbs, understand that there are many types of farms. But to really appreciate how different farms can be, you have to get out... 
