What to know: A group of Democratic legislators want Boar’s Head officials to appear before a congressional caucus before reopening the production plant that was behind a deadly Listeria outbreak in 2024.

Kamiwan and Paul Oliver versus the City of Calais, ME, is a court challenge to a local ordinance regulating backyard chickens in a town of approximately 3,000 residents on the Canadian border, under Maine’s Constitutional “Right to Food,” passed in November 2021.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is reporting that more than two dozen people have been infected with Salmonella linked to dog food and treats.

Most of the 27 outbreak patients live in Alberta and British Columbia.

The Victorian Government in Australia has announced a new food safety agency in an attempt to create a more streamlined regulatory system.

Initial reaction from two dairy industry groups against the move said the current system is working.

A network in the Netherlands formed to identify emerging food safety risks has revealed the key topics from discussions in 2024.

Examples include refrigerator and freezer temperatures and storage practices of consumers when attempting to save money, glycerol in slush ice drinks, and Phytohemagglutinin in beans.