What needs to be done before the Human Foods Program (HFP) comes to life, which is now targeted for October 1this year? Well, for sure, there’s some recruiting to do because Jim Jones, who joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2023 as the agency’s first Deputy Commissioner
Continue Reading FDA’s new Human Foods Program is recruiting its start-up talent to help Jim Jones
The Food and Drug Administration is finally on record with some key information related to hundreds of illnesses linked to the Daily Harvest product French Lentils & Leek Crumbles.
The outbreak began in April 2022 and the last person to become ill developed symptoms in September 2022, according to the
Continue Reading FDA says tara flour was likely behind illnesses tied to Daily Harvest crumbles
After 60 days of waiting, a report on operations at the FDA has arrived. It says the agency needs more money and an organizational chart that has a clear chain of command. Agency insiders, observers, and stakeholders have been calling for both for years.
The report is from the Reagan-Udall
Continue Reading Report on FDA offers little new advice: Repair chain of command, increase funds
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After facing months of criticism about its slow response to the infant formula crisis, and the overall troubles facing the food program at the Food and Drug Administration, Commissioner Robert Califf announced earlier this summer that he was ordering a review of the food program by the
Continue Reading FDA hindered food program review before it began
Food safety may have a respect problem.
The President’s appointment of Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety has gone for eight months without Senate confirmation. And a capital media investigation into the deficiencies of FDA’s major food safety unit goes largely ignored
Continue Reading DeLauro and Durbin introduce The Food Safety Administration Act for a move toward a single federal food safety agency
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ROSEMONT, IL — Food Safety News is an attendee, exhibitor, and panel sponsor at the Food Safety Summit now underway at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL
The panel we sponsored Tuesday was titled “Effectively Communicating with the Regulatory Community.” It featured two
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Our panelists say ‘get to know’ your regulator
Food Safety News was the first to hire Helena Bottemiller Evich to cover food safety in Washington D.C., during the run up to the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act. She had energy and made contacts easily. Quickly, she was an expert in areas of the government, up
Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: Time to cut food safety free
Dr. Susan Mayne of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition was scheduled to speak to the Alliance for a Stronger FDA Tuesday morning, the first such appearance since the Politico newspaper called her out.
Politico reported that Mayne, the director of the Center, reports directly to the
Continue Reading FDA’s recently maligned CFSAN director speaks out in defense of budget
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
By Robert E. Brackett
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), together with the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA); FMI – The Food Industry Association (FMI); Produce Marketing Association (PMA); and National Fisheries Institute (NFI) recently hosted a Food Safety Forum aimed at critically looking at the current regulatory policies
Continue Reading It’s time for the food industry and regulators to be bold and try something new
