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 food supply chain involves numerous steps before reaching your dinner table. Product inspection solutions, such as x-ray inspection and metal detection, are used during the processing and ...

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of foodborne illnesses and has closed an investigation of another. The new outbreak, of Salmonella Anatum, has sickened 10 people.

David Matthews is a food writer and editor, and co-editor of The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2025.