Calling it a “a landmark achievement . . . to improve food safety,” an FDA webpage is hailing the agency’s approval of a antimicrobial treatment that can be used against foodborne pathogens, such as salmonella and E. coli, in agricultural water used to grow produce.
The registration of SANIDATE 12.0 is
Continue Reading Breakthrough in ag water will be benefit to raw produce food safety
It’s a slippery fish — that final food safety rule for water used on crops before they’re harvested.
The goal of the rule is threefold: to prevent people getting sick from foodborne pathogens, to prevent produce-related outbreaks, and to reduce water-related risks.
This is a rule that has been pulled
Continue Reading Feds release final pre-harvest agricultural water rule with eye to food safety
Dutch scientists have created a framework that can be used when looking into the reuse of water on food crops.
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) have defined a set of
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— OPINION —
Editor’s note: This article was first published in The Regulatory Review and is reprinted here with permission.
Foodborne illness caused by contaminated agricultural water is a significant problem. Although Congress has mandated that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) specifically address the issue, the agency
Continue Reading Regulating agricultural water quality
On Friday, the FDA released a fact sheet and constituent update to remind produce stakeholders of the upcoming end of the intended enforcement discretion period for the harvest and post-harvest agricultural water requirements in the Produce Safety Rule for covered produce other than sprouts.
For large farms covered by the
Continue Reading Jan. 26 is an important date for FDA agricultural water requirements
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“Like getting the rug pulled out from under us.” That’s how some farmers react when hearing about the FDA’s sudden and unexpected change in food safety requirements for the use of agricultural water before harvesting a crop.The original compliance date was January 2022, but the Food
Continue Reading FDA’s new proposed food-safety ag water rule no slam dunk
Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking to extend the compliance dates for the pre-harvest agricultural water provisions as outlined in the recent 2021 agricultural water proposed rule.
The 2021 agricultural water proposed rule, if finalized, will require farms to conduct
Continue Reading FDA proposes another delay for pre-harvest agricultural water requirements
The public and industry had the opportunity this week to hear FDA representatives talk about a proposed rule regarding how to make water used in the growing of fresh produce safer.
The session with the Food and Drug Administration officials included about 30 minutes for comments from the audience, which
Continue Reading FDA, growers agree on many points of water safety; consumer group has concerns
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Despite the unprecedented challenges we’ve all faced during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 was another important year for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Foods Program.
I’d like to highlight some of the strides we made last year in protecting the safety of human foods, which we will
Continue Reading FDA’s 2021 strides: Thinking outside the box to strengthen prevention
HACCP: A systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control of food safety hazards.” – So says the FDA.
Although yesterday’s announcement (FDA Proposes Changes to Food Safety Modernization Act Rule to Enhance Safety of Agricultural Water Used on Produce) is a bit to fully digest in one sitting,
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Is FDA creating a HACCP program for produce?
