The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched its Food Code Reference System Monday in an effort to strengthen understanding and application of the FDA Food Code. State and local agencies use the agency’s model food code to make their food safety rules more consistent with national food regulatory policy. The new Food Code Reference System, developed and issued by the Retail Food Protection Team in FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, is a searchable database to answer user questions and contains entries from responses to Food Code-related questions posed to FDA. The initial batch of entries addresses issues such as storing foods that require temperature control for safety, the design of food establishments, bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat foods, and proper hand hygiene and employee attire. After an initial registration, system users can search the database using drop-down menus, keyword search, date fields, or a combination of these options. FDA plans to add more entries relevant to applying the Food Code across jurisdictions.
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has advised people with allergies to avoid Dubai-style chocolate.
Some of these products may contain allergens such as peanuts and sesame that are not declared
More than 220 suspected frauds were reported in Europe in October, potentially triggering investigations in member states.
There were 223 reports in October, compared to 164 in September, 166 in
A Korean agency has been chosen as the first center that will focus on food safety emergencies for the World Health Organization.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS)
The Mexican food agency has called on the private sector to invest more in health and safety.
During the third National Congress on Animal and Plant Health and Food Safety,
Following a consumer complaint, Olympia Provisions of Portland, OR, is recalling 1,930 pounds of ready-to-eat holiday kielbasa sausages that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the USDA’
Maître Saladier Inc. of Quebec, Canada, is recalling 6,000 pounds of Lorraine Quiche products containing pork that were not presented for import reinspection into the United States, the USDA’
James Skinner LLC is recalling of a lot of Publix Maple Walnut Coffee Cake because the wrong ingredient label was applied to the packaging on certain units.
The product may
