SFDA inspectors detected 41 tons of expired meat and fish in a warehouse in Dammam. In a statement, SFDA declared that its inspectors captured a warehouse that stored expired imported meat in Al Khalidiya 2 Section in Dammam, out of this quantity is 38 tons of frozen red and white meat and 3 tons of frozen fish and shrimps, pointing out that part of this meat was expired before more than one year and is prepared for distribution to the local market.

SFDA  temporarily embargoed imports of poultry meat, table eggs and products from  British Colombia, Canada,  due to  presence of severe Bird Flu infections.

 أعلنت هيئة الغذاء والدواء الأمريكية (FDA) بتاريخ 18 /1/ 2009م الموافق 21/1/1430هـ أن منتج الفول السوداني وعجينة الفول السوداني المنتجة في مصانع الشركة الأمريكية للفول السوداني Peanut Corporation of America (PCA)  في كل من ولاية جورجيا وكناتيكت ملوثة ببكتريا السالمونيلا تايفموريم Salmonella Typhimurium، وذلك بناءا على نتائج العينات التي قامت بها ولاية منيسوتا وجورجيا الامريكية ، وكما اوضحت الشركة الأمريكية للفول السوداني (PCA)

أعلنت وكالة الصحة الحكومية الكندية في موقعها على الانترنت عن تفشي وباء سببته بكتيريا تسمى اللستيريا (LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES)، حيث تعاونت الوكالة مع عدد من الهيئات المحلية والإقليمية في عدد من الولايات و ذلك للتحقق من أن الحالات التي تم اكتشافها تحمل نفس البصمة الوراثية للبكتيريا.
وحتى إعداد هذا الخبر، تم رصد 26 حالة إصابة بعدوى بكتيريا اللستيريا في كندا منها 12 حالة وفاة. كما تم اكتشاف 29 حالة إضافية مصابة بالبكتيريا، و الهيئة الكندية تحاول التحقق من البصمة الوراثية لها.

Seven cadbury chocolate brands have been recalled due to salmonella contamination.

The food standards Agency, UK, has issued a (Food Alert for Action( over one million chocolate bars have already been removed from shelves in the UK. Apparently, a leaking pipe at Cadburys

marl brook factory in Herefordshire caused the salmonella contamination.

What is Salmonellosis?

Salmonellosis is a bacterial disease caused by infection of some salmonella species which may lead to intestinal disorders.

Incubation period: 6 - 72 hours.

East China's Shandong Province has banned the sales of turbot containing excessive amounts of carcinogens that were purposefully fed banned chemicals by fish farmers.

Shandong, a major turbot producing area, has urged local authorities to ban feeding turbot and other fish banned medicines and foodstuffs in a bid to ensure food safety.

It has also called on local authorities to trace contaminated fish and crank up inspection efforts in the raising, transportation, storage and sales of turbot and other fish.

The Health Department says Norovirus is breaking out all across the state. In the past month, more than 1,000 people have become infected in at least seven different locations.

The virus gives people a stomach ache and makes them feel nauseous. The illness lasts for a few days, and then people usually fully recover, but it's still possible to spread the virus.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that it has moved closer to identifying the source of illness for the Taco John E.coli outbreak. FDA and the state of California, working in conjunction with state health officials in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, have DNA-matched the strain of E.coli0157:H7 bacteria associated with the outbreak with tow environmental samples gathered from dairy farms near a lettuce growing area in California's Central Valley.