The Food and Drug Administration has announced that a multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis illnesses likely linked to salads from McDonald’s restaurants appears to be over.

The Center for Produce Safety is accepting requests for proposals on food safety research for 2019.

The Food and Drug Administration this summer detected cyclospora parasites on cilantro grown in the U.S., in what appears to the be first time a domestic product was identified as the source of the parasites.

The third edition of the Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Fresh Tomato Supply Chain has been released. 

Fresh Express, whose salads were pulled from about 3,000 McDonald’s restaurants after they were linked to a cyclospora outbreak, has a panel of food safety and industry experts to study the parasites.

The United Fresh Produce Association has scheduled a number of food safety education events.

When it comes to bearing the cost of produce safety rules, the bigger the farm, the better.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices Plus+ audit program for specialty crops is now accepted as technically equivalent by the Global Food Safety Initiative.

The 2006 North American spinach E. coli outbreak was the largest in U.S. history, causing at least 276 consumer illnesses and 3 deaths because of tainted produce.

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., is pressing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb for specifics about the investigation of the cyclospora outbreak linked to product sold by Fresh Express.