Monthly Food Safety Recall Bulletin: May 2026
The past 30 days have produced a particularly active food safety landscape, with a single ingredient contamination event in the United States cascading into dozens of downstream recalls across multiple product categories. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic and in the southern hemisphere issued alerts spanning Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat dairy and cured meats, Salmonella in poultry and powdered ingredients, undeclared allergens linked to labelling and process failures, and physical contamination across multiple categories.
- Temperature Indicators Staff
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April 2026 Food Safety Recall Bulletin: Listeria, Salmonella and E. coli Dominate Global Alerts
The March–April 2026 period saw a notable concentration of foodborne pathogen-related recalls and outbreak investigations across multiple continents. Listeria monocytogenes continued to feature prominently — with a fatal outbreak in France, cascading cheese recalls in Canada, and a cured-meat recall in the United Kingdom — while Salmonella drove significant activity in Ireland, Canada, and the United States. A cold-chain failure triggering a Clostridium botulinum risk in garlic products, combined with a large-scale Salmonella discovery in dried dairy powder in the US, reinforced the recurring importance of robust temperature management across the entire food production and distribution chain. This bulletin summarises the key recalls and alerts issued by major regulatory authorities over the past thirty days.
- Temperature Indicators Staff
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