It’s Thursday, July 17, 2025. The week is winding down, but there’s no shortage of food safety news to report.
What to know: There is a new Salmonella Oranienburg outbreak that has sickened 18 people and a Cyclospora outbreak has 24 patients.
The FDA is revoking or proposing to revoke 52 food standards saying they are obsolete. Products including milk, milk chocolate, various breads, peanut butter and ketchup have Standards of Identity.
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The Pays de la Loire Regional Health Agency said six people developed severe symptoms between July 7 and 14, requiring hospitalization. Investigations are focusing on carrots used in a cake.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld an element of the USDA’s organic label. At issue in the ruling was the organic “grower group” certification.
European officials have issued seven recommendations to improve dairy controls in Ireland and the United Kingdom following two audits.
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