Editor’s note: In part three of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News reviews how food firms can become resilient in the face of 2021’s new challenges, and how resilience will
Continue Reading Resilience in Food Safety for 2021: Challenges of product tracking
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent.
Continue Reading FDA puts Colorado company on notice for import violations
They are not the last cowboy song but they are likely the final full pardons from the 45th President of the United States.
And they are being forgiven for breaking some of the most basic
Continue Reading South Dakota ranch family got pardon; likely got off light at time of crimes
In one of his final acts before leaving the USDA, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed an agreement ending a turf war between his department and the Department of Health and Human Services. It shifts
Continue Reading Perdue exits the building after getting USDA jurisdiction over gene-edited livestock
On Wednesday, Jan. 20, I sat through a few meetings, delivered a presentation on food safety labeling, and was interviewed for a podcast on food safety. All of this work took place at
The Food Standards Agency has warned about potentially unsafe meat sold via Facebook.
Implicated meat products were supplied before Jan. 15 by an unregistered and unapproved Wiltshire-based vendor. It is understood that distribution has occurred
Continue Reading FSA issues warning about safety of meat sold on Facebook
Officials in Germany and Denmark have reported low levels of pesticide residues in food.
A report, published by the German Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), is based on results from 20,283
Continue Reading Germany and Denmark record low pesticide residue findings on food
Food testing has decreased in recent years because of budget and resource pressures and some local authorities do little or none of it, according to FSA research.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) did a small
Continue Reading FSA research confirms sampling decline
Farmworkers exposed to agricultural pesticides need additional information on how to protect themselves, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
Since 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had a Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for
Continue Reading GAO recommends EPA track use of pesticide information for farmworkers
The USDA’s Organic Program (NOP) is changing its approach to oversight of imports from India.
The USDA is ending its recognition agreement that had allowed Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority accredited certifiers
Continue Reading USDA increasing certification requirements for organic imports from India
The FDA has updated its materials about a proposed food traceability rule — “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (Food Traceability Proposed Rule).
Traceability in the food supply chain is crucial
Continue Reading FDA extends deadline for comments on traceability rule; announces changes
