Food Safety Recalls and Alerts: October 2026 Industry Bulletin
October 2026 brought a steady flow of recall activity across the major food safety authorities, with Listeria monocytogenes in chilled ready-to-eat foods and Salmonella in low-moisture ingredients standing out. A Salmonella outbreak linked to broccoli sprouts and seeds continues in the United States, and a pistachio-related Salmonella recall affected ready-to-eat salads and pesto in both the UK and Ireland. The most directly temperature-related event of the month came from USDA FSIS, which announced on 17 October a recall of more than 1.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry after products were stored in a warehouse cooler with temperature deviations. Beyond that, this bulletin describes the patterns that were actually present rather than implying a temperature cause the authorities did not state.
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: CFIA cold chain FDA food safety FSA FSAI FSANZ FSIS HACCP RASFF recalls thermal processing
September 2026 Food Safety Recall Bulletin: FDA, FSIS, CFIA, FSA, RASFF, FSAI and FSANZ
The month to mid-September 2026 was dominated by post-process contamination in chilled, ready-to-eat foods. Listeria monocytogenes accounted for the largest share of notified food alerts across the six jurisdictions we track, appearing in deli salads, cured and cooked meats, soft cheeses and, unusually, twice in packs of pitted black olives on UK shelves. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) featured strongly in the UK and Ireland, in filled wraps, chilled pasta salad, sprouting seeds and a raw goat milk kefir. Salmonella notifications in the United States clustered around low-moisture and sprouted products. Alongside the microbiological picture, several recalls in the period were caused by process and packing control failures rather than raw-material contamination — a mispacked chilled salad in the UK, a fermentation-driven spoilage recall in Ireland, and a run of undeclared allergen alerts traced to labelling and line-changeover errors. The summaries below are grouped by regulatory authority, with links to the original notices.
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: CFIA cold chain FDA food safety FSAI FSANZ HACCP MHRA RASFF recalls thermal processing
Food Safety Recall Bulletin — August 2026
The month to 15 August 2026 was dominated by contaminated raw ingredients working their way downstream into ready-to-eat products, rather than by failures inside the factory itself. A single grower in Sinaloa, Mexico sits behind a 345-case Salmonella Javiana outbreak in the United States that has now pulled chilled dips, salsas and sandwiches off shelves in 26 states and reached as far as Ontario. In Ireland, contaminated imported sesame seed triggered six separate recalls in six days, ending with pre-packed deli salads. Sprouting seed carrying Shiga toxin-producing E. coli was recalled across at least twelve European countries and the UK. Meanwhile, Listeria monocytogenes continued its steady presence in chilled ready-to-eat foods — chilled pasta salads in the UK, soup kits in the US, and processed meats in Quebec, where one Charlevoix producer recalled a second time within four weeks. Notably, several authorities also logged explicit cold chain breakdowns at borders, with consignments rejected for temperature excursions in transit. Below is a summary of the significant recalls and alerts issued by the major regulators during the period, with links to the original notices.
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: CFIA cold chain FDA food safety FSAI FSANZ HACCP MHRA RASFF recalls thermal processing
Food Safety Recall Bulletin — July 2026
The past month has seen food safety authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and across the Southern Hemisphere respond to a familiar cluster of hazards, with Listeria monocytogenes once again dominating the picture. Ready-to-eat cooked meats, soft and semi-soft cheeses, and cold-smoked fish featured heavily across the FDA, CFIA, FSA, RASFF, FSAI and FSANZ, alongside a smaller number of Salmonella and undeclared-allergen actions. Many of these recalls share a common thread that will be familiar to food producers: they concern products where the safety of the finished item depends on the reliability of a thermal process, the integrity of the cold chain, or both. This bulletin summarises the most relevant recalls and alerts from the past 30 days, organised by regulatory body, and closes with a brief reflection on what they mean for producers operating a HACCP-based food safety system.
- Temperature Indicators Staff
- Tags: CFIA cold chain FDA food safety FSAI FSANZ HACCP MHRA RASFF recalls thermal processing
