It’s Friday, August 1, 2025. As a new month begins, here’s your first food safety briefing of August.
What to know: In the Fresh & Ready Foods Listeria outbreak, 10 people across two states were sickened. The patient counts in outbreaks of Salmonella and Cyclospora have increased.
There are two cases in Scotland and two in England. Orgenism Eggshell Membrane Capsules have been recalled.
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The Food and Drug Administration has updated several import alerts.
Tighter controls for Salmonella on tahini and halva from Syria are among changes made by the European Commission to checks on imported products.
Overall, 2,544 cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) were reported with 564 STEC O157 and 1,980 non-O157. There were also five outbreaks with 467 cases.
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Thanks for starting the month with us. Have a good weekend and we’ll be back Monday with more food safety updates.
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