The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday in the Federal Register that the agency has reorganized the Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM) program. Under the reorganization, which was completed in October, the Office of Foods is now the Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine, led by Michael Taylor, the Deputy Commissioner for Foods and… Continue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took steps this month to improve its ability to track patterns in food adulteration with its Reportable Foods Registry. The Reportable Foods Registry, or RFR, is an online portal where companies are required to report foods they have manufactured that may be dangerous to human or animal health. Public… Continue Reading
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor issued a joint letter yesterday announcing that Stephen Sundlof was stepping down from his position of director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). He has accepted a two-year assignment with the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of… Continue Reading
On Wednesday, the FDA issued an official notice extending to January 4, 2010, the comment period on its draft guidances to minimize food safety hazards of leafy greens, tomatoes, and melons of August 3, 2009. The draft guidances, published on July 31, 2009, are designed to help growers, producers, and others across the entire supply… Continue Reading
Food Safety News has been following a steady stream of recall press releases from both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), which regulates 80 percent of the food supply, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS), which regulates meat, poultry,… Continue Reading
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public meeting in Chicago this week to discuss the final egg rule that will require preventative measures to lessen Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs. The meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, September 30th, is the first of two that the agency has planned to discuss the final… Continue Reading