It’s Tuesday, May 13th, 2025. Let’s take a look at what’s new in food safety today.

What to know: As part of its attempt to force food companies to voluntarily stop using artificial food dyes, the FDA has approved three dyes that it says come from natural sources.

Galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate can all be used now by any food manufacturer for color-approved items, according to an announcement from the Food and Drug Administration.

Tiger Brands has made an undisclosed settlement offer to certain victims of a deadly listeriosis outbreak in South Africa that sickened more than 1,000 people more than seven years ago.

The attorneys representing its lead reinsurer, which is QBE Insurance Group, have presented the offer to the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Richard Spoor Inc., as part of a plan that includes a possible overall resolution of the class action.

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Testing in the Philippines of smuggled vegetables has found they were positive for heavy metals and Salmonella.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. led the inspection of two container vans carrying an estimated 34 metric tons of white onions from China.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Country Favor Inc., located in Maspeth, NY, for significant violations of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP).

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