It’s Tuesday, April 8th, 2025, and we’ve got the latest food safety news lined up for you. Let’s dive in.

What to know: Both the FDA and the CDC know what romaine lettuce grower is responsible for a deadly outbreak of E. coli O157 infections in late 2024, but the agencies won’t release that grower’s name.

In February reports just obtained by Food Safety News, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the same grower behind the 2024 outbreak was also responsible for an outbreak in 2021.

A study in Ontario found no traces of influenza A viral RNA in 117 samples of pasteurized retail milk collected in April and May 2024, according to a report published this month by the Public Health Agency of Canada. 

Influenza A is a virus family that includes various strains affecting humans, birds, and mammals. One such strain, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, has raised global concerns because of its ability to spread between species.

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Four men and a business have been convicted in England after diverting meat unfit for human consumption back into the food chain.

Three men pled guilty, and one man and his business entered not guilty pleas at the Inner London Crown Court following an investigation by Southwark Council and the Food Standard Agency’s (FSA) National Food Crime Unit (NFCU).

The progress made by Norway and Iceland on food-related audit recommendations has been disclosed in an updated report.

Norway and Iceland are part of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) monitors how these countries implement European Economic Area (EEA) rules on food and feed safety, animal health, and welfare.

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