On July 6, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) released an updated list of draft and final guidance topics that will be a priority for the …
Data from the first quarter of 2023 shows that product recalls across the U.S. automotive, consumer product, food and beverage, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries increased 14.2% from the previous quarter. As reported in Sedgwick brand pro…
European product recalls increased 6.1% in the first quarter of 2023, according to Sedgwick brand protection’s latest European recall index report. In total, the European automotive, consumer product, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, and medical de…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) came under harsh criticism this past year after a commercial infant shortage formula in the U.S. For months, Congress and parent advocacy groups have been pressuring the agency to investigate why this crisis eru…
With an increase of food-related product recalls in the European Union and United Kingdom in the past few years, food safety has become an increasingly relevant topic worldwide. Consumers and regulators are paying closer attention to food safety and …
Foreword by Julie Ross, international business development director at Sedgwick: Welcome to the latest edition of spotlight. Spotlight is our way of sharing insights and perspectives from our strategic partners – lawyers, insurers, risk managers and…
The UK farming sector is at a crossroads due to major changes brought by Brexit. Fundamentally, the government plans to phase out any direct payments to farmers by 2022 and the funds from these payments will be redirected to environmental schemes. Th…
Our team of recall experts starts every day in the same way. A cup of coffee, a quick scan of the newspapers and then onto the RASFF portal for a bird’s eye view of what’s going on regarding recalls across Europe in the food and drink sector.Usually,…
Birds Eye, the frozen food giant, was the latest big brand to implement a recall. According to the Food Standards Agency, the company recalled "certain batch codes of 50 Chicken Nuggets as they may contain small pieces of plastic". Birds Eye was a…
This week (w/c 17 June), four of the UK’s largest retailers issued urgent health warnings to customers who had recently purchased a cheese that could contain Listeria. The urgent warning comes after the cheese product, from a leading Irish supplie…
Every week, there is a new product recall alert issued in the UK due to a labelling error. This is resulting in thousands of potentially deadly situations, with companies at risk of losing not only tens of thousands of pounds, but also their integrit…
Can pizza really change lives? (Those of you who can’t live without pizza probably answered with a resounding yes.) This week, a few colleagues and I had the opportunity to visit a very special place where every slice of pizza served gives back to …