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Food Safety Summit 2016 addresses public health risks

By News Desk on January 23, 2016

Industry experts and top regulatory officials including FDA Deputy Commissioner Mike Taylor are scheduled to discuss new efforts to reduce public health risks at the 18th annual Food Safety Summit in May. For the first…
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Top Food Safety Officials Focused on Collaborating Over Combining Agencies

By Lydia Zuraw on May 1, 2015

Top officials of U.S. food safety agencies are not wholeheartedly supportive of a single food safety agency, arguing that collaboration is a higher priority. During the Food Safety Summit in Baltimore on Thursday, leadership from…
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FSMA Questions Dominate Town Hall Session With Top Food Safety Regulators

By Lydia Zuraw on April 11, 2014

Michael Taylor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, told the audience at the Food Safety Summit’s Town Hall on Thursday to expect a document explaining the principles guiding…
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New AFDO Document Reveals 'Issues and Concerns With Imported Foods'

By Dan Flynn on August 6, 2013

Just a step ahead of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s release of two rules for improving imported food safety, the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has published its own guidance document entitled…
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The Best of Food Safety: Non-Government Organizations

By News Desk on February 22, 2013

This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe.  Today we celebrate non-government organizations.  Of course, no list is ever complete so if you think we’ve forgotten someone, please …
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AFDO Issues Guidance on Cottage Foods

By Dan Flynn on May 30, 2012

With so many state lawmakers willing to throw out the rulebook when it comes to cottage foods, the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has decided it’s time to draw the line.

The 116-year-old

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Why USDA is Extending Public Comment on Its Proposal to Modernize Poultry Slaughter

By Chuck Jolley on April 24, 2012

ABC’s Jim Avila, the man who so adroitly ended the expected shelf life of lean, finely textured beef when failed TV chef Jamie Oliver and an award-winning but factually flawed ‘expose’ by the New York

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Working with Public Health Officials Key Topic at Food Safety Summit

By News Desk on March 15, 2012

Oscar Garrison, President of AFDO will present How the Food Industry and Public Health Officials Must Collaborate to Succeed at the Food Safety Summit on Wed, April 18. In addition to this keynote, Mr. Garrison

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IFPTI Announces Fellowship Program

By News Desk on February 20, 2012

The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) is currently accepting applications for the 2012-2013 “Applied Science, Law, and Policy: Fellowship in Food Protection” program.
 
This program is “designed to provide a select group of

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AFDO to Help Coordinate Food Safety System

By Gretchen Goetz on October 7, 2011

The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has received a government award that will allow it to help integrate the national food safety system.

On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) anounced that…
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