Editor’s note: This column was originally published by the Food and Drug Administration as a Voice Blog.
We have made dramatic changes in our response to complex, potentially high-risk food safety situations that may be
FDA’s partnership with states to keep foods safe nationwide
Editor’s note: This interview was originally published by the Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) heralded a new era of enhanced collaboration between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and
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Making sure ‘healthy’ means what it says on food packages
With final rules on the Nutrition Facts label published, consumers soon will see an updated label on food packages that makes the calories and serving sizes of products easier to see and that gives them
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FDA updates draft guidance for dietary supplement industry
Editor’s Note: This was originally published by the FDA on Aug. 11, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a revised draft guidance to improve dietary supplement companies’ new dietary ingredient (NDI) premarket
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FDA’s Strategic Plan: Food safety, nutrition, animal health
Editor’s note: The Food and Drug Administration posted this “FDA Voice” column July 14 under the title “Charting a Path Forward on Food Safety, Nutrition and Animal Health.” It was co-authored by Stephen
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Consumers had key to unlock E. coli outbreak linked to flour
Editor’s note: This blog by FDA’s Stephen Ostroff and Kathleen Gensheimer was originally posted by the agency as part of its “FDA Voice” series on June 28, 2016.
GenomeTrakr is FDA’s version of Hoover’s fingerprint file
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on FDA’s Consumer Updates page. A person commits a crime, and the detective uses DNA evidence collected from the crime scene to track the criminal down. An
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Q & A with FDA’s new top food cop Stephen Ostroff
Editor’s note: This interview with Stephen Ostroff was originally published by FDA on June 2, 2016. Stephen Ostroff, M.D. is the FDA’s new Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM). He succeeds Michael R.
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Food Safety for Cancer Patients
World Cancer Day (Feb. 4) is the perfect time to talk about why food safety is so important for the nearly 15 million Americans who are cancer survivors and the 1.7 million people in the
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FDA's Team Tomato Fights Contamination
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