It’s Friday November 7, 2025. Today we’re diving into critical updates, from a proposed U.S. bill to expand online meat sales to heightened FDA scrutiny on imported foods.
Republican senators have introduced a bill to let state-inspected meat and poultry be sold online across state lines, expanding direct-to-consumer options for small producers. The proposal, known as the DIRECT Act, aims to ease federal restrictions while maintaining existing food safety standards.
All 10 defendants in the Brazilian Backer beer trial have been acquitted. In a Belo Horizonte court, Judge Alexandre Magno de Resende Oliveira said the accused were acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
The annual report of a system that helps ensure safe trade involving Europe has revealed the scale and reasons for rejected shipments.
TRACES is the online platform of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) in the European Commission, used for sanitary, phytosanitary and food safety certification. 2024 marked the system’s 20th anniversary.
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