Andy Frame

Andy Frame is the 2012-13 Marler Clark Graduate Assistant, a position awarded each year to a candidate from the University of Arkansas's Agriculture and Food Law L.L.M. program. Frame earned his J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law and a journ

Improving Meat Traceability in the U.S.

Without necessarily knowing the term “traceability,” consumers have been calling for it in their food system for a long time. The evidence of that comes from the food industry itself,

By Andy Frame

/ 20 May 2013

Digging Into the FDA's Proposed Rules for Produce

Food Safety News examines the potential impact of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly proposed produce rules, mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011. Part

By Andy Frame

/ 28 Mar 2013

Peanut Corp. Hearings: What Happens Now?

Four years after a Salmonella outbreak was processed, packaged, and delivered to customers around the country, the Department of Justice charged five Peanut Corporation of America executives and employees with

By Andy Frame

/ 24 Feb 2013

Catfish Industry Flounders Despite Congressional Support

Earlier this month Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran sent a letter to Rebecca Blank, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, asking that the Department “vigorously enforce the

By Andy Frame

/ 20 Feb 2013

Policy Changes in the Wake of the Jack in the Box E. coli Outbreak

In 1993, 623 people in the western U.S. fell ill with a little-known bacteria called E. coli O157:H7. Ultimately, four children would die from their infections; many others

By Andy Frame

/ 1 Feb 2013

Food Ingredients: Many Routes to Safety Approval

The Nutrition Facts label can be the conscious consumer’s best friend, but it often leaves shoppers more confused than informed. It may be comforting for someone to find a

By Andy Frame

/ 18 Dec 2012

Foodborne Illness Investigations: What Does the Public Have a Right to Know?

It seems safe to assume that most consumers want to know if the restaurant they’re about to eat at or the food they’re about to buy was recently

By Andy Frame

/ 8 Nov 2012

Court Rulings Halt Production at Food Supplement Companies

FDA announced this week that two food supplement companies have recently halted production in response to claims and court orders. Truman J. Berst, doing business as Alternative Health and Herbs

By Andy Frame

/ 26 Oct 2012

FDA’s Power to Prosecute

More than a year after the deadly Listeria outbreak that stemmed from Jensen Farms’ cantaloupes was first detected, criminal charges have yet to be filed against the company, but the

By Andy Frame

/ 17 Oct 2012

Food Facility Registration Under FSMA Delayed

The Food Safety Modernization Act’s biennial food facility registration requirement was intended to go into effect Oct. 1, 2012; however since that day a yellow box has been posted

By Andy Frame

/ 12 Oct 2012

Cured Meat Is In, But Is it Safe?

Prosciutto, lardo, bresaola, capicola, guanciale and soppressata. The opposite of fast food, and literally slow to make, these meats are examples of charcuterie, or what are most commonly known as

By Andy Frame

/ 6 Sep 2012

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Andy Frame

Improving Meat Traceability in the U.S.

Digging Into the FDA's Proposed Rules for Produce

Peanut Corp. Hearings: What Happens Now?

Catfish Industry Flounders Despite Congressional Support

Policy Changes in the Wake of the Jack in the Box E. coli Outbreak

Food Ingredients: Many Routes to Safety Approval

Foodborne Illness Investigations: What Does the Public Have a Right to Know?

Court Rulings Halt Production at Food Supplement Companies

FDA’s Power to Prosecute

Food Facility Registration Under FSMA Delayed

Cured Meat Is In, But Is it Safe?