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After Baby Formula Scandal, FDA Announces New Unit Focused on Food Safety

Agency will also create a new Center for Excellence in Nutrition to better inform Americans about the nutritional value of everyday foods

Top FDA Official Involved in Baby Formula Debacle Resigns

Frank Yiannas' role included developing policies on food safety and responding to outbreaks, but the infant formula shortage posed the greatest challenge

FDA Wants to Lower Lead Levels in Baby Food

Agency has proposed lowering allowable levels of lead in foods meant for infants and children younger than 2 years of age

FDA Admits Flaws in Response to Infant Formula Shortage

Problems highlighted in report include outdated data-sharing systems, below-normal staffing and training for food inspectors

USDA Gets Tough on Salmonella in Breaded Chicken Products

A very low level of Salmonella contamination in the products would lead to regulatory action

In 2019

Incidence of Enteric Infections Due to Pathogens Up or Stable

Compared with 2016 to 2018, incidence in 2019 was increased for infections caused by five pathogens
Enoki mushrooms from Korea are the likely cause of a deadly Listeria outbreak in the United States that has sickened 36 people in 17 states

Enoki Mushrooms From Korea Linked to Deadly U.S. Listeria Outbreak

30 hospitalizations reported; four deaths in California, Hawaii, New Jersey
Consumers should not eat and retailers should not sell or serve l'Explorateur soft ripened cheese due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination

FDA: French Soft Ripened Cheese Possibly Contaminated

Agency warns of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination of l'Explorateur cheese
Possible listeria contamination has led to a recall of avocados by Henry Avocado

Avocados Recalled by California Company

Recall issued by the company after samples tested positive for listeria
Raw flour can be a source of outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli infections

Raw Flour Can Be Source of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli

On trace-back investigation, flour production facility ID'd as common point of contamination