The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to consume any peanuts or peanut-derived products sold by Irvington, New Jersey-based Westco Fruit and Nuts Inc. (Westco/Westcott) due to possible Salmonella contamination. Peanuts in such products may have been distributed by the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), which recalled the peanuts because of [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising retailers and food service operators not to offer for sale oysters harvested between Feb. 24 and March 17, 2009, from Mississippi Area 2C, located in the Mississippi Sound portion of the Gulf of Mexico near Pass Christian, Miss. Further, consumers are advised not to eat such oysters. [...]

FDA and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently published the
Prior Notice of Imported Food Final Rule and a draft compliance policy guide that
outlines the agencies’ enforcement policies regarding the final rule. The final rule
amends the existing Prior Notice Interim Final Rule, which has been in effect since
December 12, 2003.

Slide presentation of “Overview of Prior Notice Final Rule and Draft
CPG Implementing the Bioterrorism Act”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat
Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese Mexican style soft cheese (two specific lots) or any Queso
Cotija Molido Mexican style grated cheese manufactured and distributed by Peregrina
Cheese Corp. of New York City. These products could be contaminated with Listeria
monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes [...]

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