The implementation of a new traceability rule is more than a year and a half away, and the FDA won’t start enforcing the requirements of the rule until 2027, but a former agency leader says
Continue Reading New technology can help companies meet intent of food safety traceability ruleFrank Yiannas
Food Safety experts Frank Yiannas, Bill Marler to headline Michigan State University event
Michigan State University’s Online Master of Science (MS) in Food Safety Program (MSU OFS) is set to host an event June 11-13, 2024, featuring prominent figures in the field—Frank Yiannas and Bill Marler. The event…
Continue Reading Food Safety experts Frank Yiannas, Bill Marler to headline Michigan State University eventIt’s time to finally clear up food date label confusion for consumers
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Roughly nine years ago, while serving as Vice President for Food Safety at the world’s largest food retailer, I surveyed how many different date labels were used by food producers to convey…
Continue Reading It’s time to finally clear up food date label confusion for consumersNew FDA administrator says he is ready to cooperate to restructure the agency
The Food and Drug Administration’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, started his work yesterday and sent the below letter to colleagues.
FDA Commissioner Robert Calif appointed Jones after the agency’s embarrassing turmoil…
Continue Reading New FDA administrator says he is ready to cooperate to restructure the agencyThe American people deserve a single food safety agency
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By Frank Yiannas and Mindy Brashears
Both of us have dedicated our careers to advancing food safety and protecting the public. We’ve both done so at the height of federal service…
Continue Reading The American people deserve a single food safety agencyFDA Commissioner names EPA insider to agency’s top food safety post
EPA’s James “Jim” Jones was named Wednesday as the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods.
In an expanded position, he will fill the voids left at the FDA by the February departure of Frank…
Continue Reading FDA Commissioner names EPA insider to agency’s top food safety postIs mandatory testing the best approach for managing hepatitis A in berries?
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Soft fruits like strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and berry blends play an important part of an overall healthy diet. While millions of servings are consumed safely every day, they continue to be occasionally…
Continue Reading Is mandatory testing the best approach for managing hepatitis A in berries?Some question the FDA commissioner’s plan for the reorganization of the agency’s regulatory office
The head of the Food and Drug Administration says his evolving plan to restructure the food side of the agency is moving forward with changes planned for regulatory affairs, but two key observers say the…
Continue Reading Some question the FDA commissioner’s plan for the reorganization of the agency’s regulatory officeFY24 food and nutrition budgets follow the current ‘banner year’
Dr. Susan Mayne, who leaves government on May 31, has told the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, that the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) she has led since 2015 is having a…
Continue Reading FY24 food and nutrition budgets follow the current ‘banner year’Testimony from former FDA deputy commissioner on infant formula crisis
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Editor’s note: This is the March 28 written statement of Frank Yiannas, M.P.H.Prior FDA Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy & Response (Nov 2018 – Feb 2023) for the Subcommitte On Health Care And…
Continue Reading Testimony from former FDA deputy commissioner on infant formula crisis