News — Cold Chain

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.

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — July 2026

This July 2026 bulletin covers key regulatory developments affecting temperature monitoring in food, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors — including the FDA QMSR coming into force, FSMA Food Traceability Rule enforcement deferral, UKHSA vaccine cold chain wastage data, Health Canada GUI-0069 revisions, and proposed USP Chapter <1079.5>. Sources checked include FDA, USDA FSIS, UKHSA (UK Green Book), Health Canada, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, and ISO.

Monthly Food Safety Recall Bulletin: June 2026

The period from mid-May to mid-June 2026 has been defined above all by a fatal Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in the United States linked to a small regional dairy, and by the continued unravelling of a multistate Salmonella investigation centred on imported dietary supplement ingredients. Across all six regulatory bodies covered in this bulletin, soft and fresh dairy products, ready-to-eat chilled meats, and minimally processed fresh foods once again accounted for the largest share of microbial notifications — categories in which post-process temperature control and cold chain integrity are the principal safety barriers. The UK Food Standards Agency also issued its first "Food Alert for Action" of 2026, targeting a frozen-food manufacturer unable to demonstrate that its products had been produced and handled safely. This bulletin summarises the most significant notifications from the FDA, CFIA, FSA, RASFF, FSAI, and FSANZ between mid-May and mid-June 2026 and considers what they suggest about current pressure points in thermal processing and cold chain management.

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — June 2026

This June 2026 bulletin covers recent regulatory developments affecting temperature monitoring across food, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors, including the FDA Food Traceability Rule extension, the FDA QMSR, USP <1079.2>, Health Canada GUI-0069, and USDA FSIS Salmonella performance standards. Sources checked include FDA, CFIA, USDA FSIS, WHO, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, and ISO.