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January 15 2025	Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 FD&C Red No. 3 (Erythrosine) was banned for use in the United States, marking a significant regulatory action under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
June 2024	Cholera Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 1,141 suspected and 65 confirmed cholera cases with 30 deaths across 96 Local Government Areas in 30 states, with 10 states contributing 90 percent of the cholera burden.
2023	1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak The 30th anniversary of the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak was commemorated, marking three decades of improved food safety practices in the US. A Netflix documentary 'Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food' was also released based on Jeff Benedict's book.
2023	Alcohol consumption recommendations Nordic Nutrition Recommendations state that no safe limit for alcohol consumption exists and recommend everyone avoid drinking alcohol.
April 2023	Alcohol consumption recommendations World Health Organization published a recommendation in The Lancet stating 'there is no safe amount [of alcohol] that does not affect health', advocating for complete abstinence from alcohol consumption.
2022	Cholera Haiti targeted certification of cholera elimination as part of efforts to end the 2010s cholera outbreak, demonstrating progress in local elimination of the disease.
2022	Alcohol consumption recommendations World Heart Federation recommends against any alcohol intake for optimal heart health.
February 6 2022	Coliform bacteria CFIA issued a second recall on Hankook Original Kimchi following the E. coli outbreak investigation.
January 2022	Coliform bacteria Continued reporting of E. coli O157 strain illnesses in Canadian provinces, with Public Health Agency of Canada, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Health Canada investigating the outbreak.
January 28 2022	Coliform bacteria Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a recall on Hankook Original Kimchi as the source of the E. coli strain.
December 2021	Coliform bacteria Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces in Canada began reporting E. coli O157 strain illnesses, with fourteen confirmed cases identified.
December 18 2021	Ractopamine A referendum was held in Taiwan to decide on banning pork imports with ractopamine, which ultimately rejected the proposed ban.
October 27 2021	Coliform bacteria Conclusion of the E. coli outbreak investigation, with contaminated spinach packages identified as the source through whole genome sequencing.
October 15 2021	Coliform bacteria Seven states in the USA reported ten cases of illnesses from an E. coli O157:H7 strain, initiating an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and FDA into spinach contamination.
January 1 2021	Ractopamine Taiwan planned to ease import restrictions on US pork, marking a significant shift in its previous zero-tolerance policy towards ractopamine-treated meat products.
2020	Alcohol consumption recommendations The United States released the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, providing updated recommendations on alcohol consumption, including guidance for adults of legal drinking age.
2020	Ractopamine Taiwan relaxed restrictions on imports of US pork containing ractopamine, which led to public protests.
2020	Helminthiasis Target year for controlling or eradicating specific neglected tropical diseases as part of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases.
2019	Cholera In 2019, Yemen reported 93% of global cholera cases, with 923,037 cases and 1,911 deaths recorded.
September 2019	Cholera Between September 2019 and September 2020, a global cholera outbreak was reported with over 450,000 cases and over 900 deaths.
July 3 2019	Ractopamine Chinese authorities disclosed the discovery of 188 falsified Canadian meat export certificates (CRFPCP), further intensifying the diplomatic and trade dispute over ractopamine-related concerns.
June 2019	Ractopamine Chinese customs inspectors detected ractopamine in a Canadian pork shipment, leading to a suspension of both pork and beef imports from Canada. Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau claimed a certificate forgery and involved the RCMP in the investigation.
2018	1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak Darin Detwiler, who lost his son in the outbreak, received the Food Safety Magazine 'Distinguished Service Award' for 25 years of contribution to food safety and policy.
2018	Cholera Another cholera outbreak occurred in Haiti during the 2018–2023 Haitian crisis.
2018	Ractopamine A Chinese study introduced the use of hair as an alternative method for testing the presence of ractopamine in animal feed, providing an indelible testing approach.
March 5 2018	Operation Weak Meat Operation Weak Meat Phase 3 (Cheating) launched, focusing on BRF's fraud scheme. Ten individuals were arrested, including former BRF president Pedro de Andrade Faria. Ninety-one court orders were executed, revealing falsified laboratory and internal analysis testing results.
January 2018	Cholera Cholera outbreak in Zambia peaks in the first week of January, with over 700 cases reported daily.
2017	Cholera The World Health Organization (WHO) launched the 'Ending Cholera: a global roadmap to 2030' strategy, aiming to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030. The strategy was developed by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC) to create country-specific plans and monitor progress against cholera.
December 2017	Cholera Cholera outbreak declared in Zambia after laboratory confirmation of Vibrio cholerae O1 from stool samples, with case numbers increasing from several hundred to approximately 2,000 by early January 2018.
May 31 2017	Operation Weak Meat Operation Weak Meat Phase 2 (Antidote) conducted by Federal Police, targeting Francisco Carlos de Assis, former regional superintendent of MAPA in Goiás, with three search and seizure warrants and one preventive custody warrant.
March 17 2017	Operation Weak Meat Operation Weak Meat Phase 1 launched by Federal Police, involving 1,100 officers executing 309 judicial orders across six Brazilian states. The operation exposed a massive meat industry corruption scheme involving over 30 companies and Ministry of Agriculture officials.
2016	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Additional implementation deadlines for FDA rules were set as part of the litigation settlement.
December 2016	Cholera Zambian Ministry of Health conducts a pre-emptive second-round of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign.
October 2016	Cholera In October 2016, a severe cholera outbreak began in Yemen, described by WHO as 'the worst cholera outbreak in the world'.
April 2016	Cholera Zambian Ministry of Health launches a reactive one-dose Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign in three Lusaka compounds.
2015	Alcohol consumption recommendations The Health Council of the Netherlands included an alcohol consumption guideline in the Dutch Dietary Guidelines (DDG-2015), recommending 'Don't drink alcohol or no more than one glass daily'.
2015	Helminthiasis Global Burden of Disease Study published, revealing significant reductions in disability-adjusted life years for helminth infections.
2015	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act The FDA agreed to meet specific implementation deadlines for certain rules as part of the settlement with consumer groups.
September 17 2015	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act FDA published the final rule for mandatory preventive controls for food facilities, requiring food facilities to implement a written Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Controls (HARPC) plan, including evaluation of hazards, preventive steps, monitoring, record-keeping, and corrective actions.
August 2015	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act FDA planned to finalize proposed rules regarding alcoholic beverage facilities and spent grain regulation by August 2015.
2014	Helminthiasis World Health Organization (WHO) estimated approximately 2 billion people were infected with soil-transmitted helminthiases, 249 million with schistosomiasis, 56 million with food-borne trematodiasis, 120 million with lymphatic filariasis, 37 million with onchocerciasis, and 1 million with echinococcosis.
2014	Helminthiasis Only 148 people were reported to have dracunculiasis due to a successful eradication campaign targeting this specific helminth.
2013	Helminthiasis End of 13-year period tracking disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), showing a 46 percent reduction in years lived with disability for intestinal/nematode infections and a 74 percent reduction in years lived with disability from ascariasis.
2013	Helminthiasis Global Burden of Disease Study estimated over 200,000 people died annually from causes related to schistosomiasis, with 20 million experiencing severe consequences from the disease.
2013	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act The FDA held its first public comment period for the Food Safety Modernization Act, receiving tens of thousands of comments from stakeholders.
2012	Helminthiasis Launch of the London Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases by world's leading pharmaceutical companies and non-governmental organizations, aiming to control or eradicate certain neglected tropical diseases by 2020.
2012	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Consumer groups Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Center for Environmental Health sued the FDA for failing to meet implementation deadlines for the Food Safety Modernization Act.
October 22 2012	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act The US FDA updated its food facility registration system, requiring all facilities registered before October 1, 2012, to renew their registration. Failure to renew would result in prohibited entry for foreign products and illegal trade for domestic facilities.
October 1 2012	FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Deadline for facilities to be considered registered prior to the new FDA food facility registration system update.
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