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Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock grilled on FDA food safety budget

By Dan Flynn on May 17, 2021

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and House Appropriations Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Chair Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), have sent a letter to Food and…

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FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children

By News Desk on April 9, 2021

Janet Woodcock, the acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Susan T. Mayne, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Thursday announced Closer to Zero, a new action plan for…
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FDA has big hopes for outbreak research with new water protocols

By Coral Beach on July 31, 2020

The FDA’s big news is that there is now an EPA-approved protocol for developing pathogen treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water. The agency’s nagging news is that its inspectors still can’t collect water or any other…
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Experts discuss food hygiene, allergens and STEC at Codex meeting

By News Desk on November 17, 2019

The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene met in Cleveland, Ohio earlier this month to talk about food allergen management, biological foodborne outbreaks and guidelines to control E. coli.

Codex Alimentarius is a collection of standards,…
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Important Clarification of FSMA Produce Rule Ag Water Compliance Dates

By Trevor Suslow on February 25, 2018

Boy did I get this wrong…but so did many others…most seriously, some domestic and international trainers and Lead Trainers providing the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training programs.

At this time, two diametrically opposed understandings…
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SCORE one for the FDA: Strategic recall efforts paying off

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on May 27, 2017

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

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Undeclared allergens a leading cause of food recalls in U.S.

By News Desk on April 4, 2017

Food recalls related to illness outbreaks tend to get a lot of headlines, but undeclared allergens in foods continue to be a leading cause of recalls.

To read a report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Food Allergy Research and Resource Program about the number of FDA and USDA recalls related to undeclared allergens, please click on the image. To read a report from…
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FDA seeks comments; extends food safety deadlines

By Coral Beach on August 24, 2016

Today the government is scheduled to open a six-month public comment period on drafts of guidance documents that are designed to help food company operators meet new regulations — some of which have compliance deadlines…
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3 steps to cleaner hands, safer food: Learn, develop, implement

By Jim Mann on April 19, 2016

Editor’s note: The outbreak referenced in this meeting coverage was linked to a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Simi Valley, CA, and sickened an estimated 230 to 1,500 people, according to public health officials. Council meetings…
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Practical solutions to food safety problems take center stage

By Coral Beach on April 13, 2016

2016-Food-Safety-Summit-graphic No matter how advanced mapping apps become, they can’t tell you where to go unless you know where you are to begin with, just as those in the food supply chain must assess their operations…
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