Sometimes it takes more than a sudden jolt to realize that something needs to be improved. And more times than not it takes some fine tuning, bolstered with a great deal of thought, time and
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NCSL helps make sense out of a maze of state food safety laws
Food safety has made it with the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures. The NCSL is the independent authority on the legislative bodies that govern America’s states and territories.
With funding assistance from The Pew
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Local bar, restaurants oppose Anchorage food safety changes
Changes to the food safety code the Anchorage Department of Health and Human Services wanted to begin enforcing in July are taking just a little longer than anticipated.
The first changes to the food safety
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Hawaii seeks to update food safety regs following outbreaks
In the wake of two foodborne illness outbreaks, Hawaii began a week of public hearings on revisions to its food code on Monday.
Also on Monday, state officials cleared a seaweed grower-shipper whose products were
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Deli employees report meat slicers not cleaned often enough
Managers and employees at more than half of the delis in a recent study reported the retail operations are failing to meet U.S. Food Code specifications because meat slicers are not cleaned often enough. Meat
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New food code now in effect for Australia and New Zealand
The new Food Standards Code for Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) became fully effective on March 1. 
Steve McCutcheon, chief executive officer of FSANZ, said the new code more closely aligns with the food
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Idaho defines cottage foods; food safety unaddressed
Idaho activists have won their fight to “unchain the cupcake” gaining approval from two state legislative committees that agreed this month to define cottage foods and require such home cookin’ to be labeled when offered
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FDA Releases Supplement to the 2013 Food Code
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued supplemental information to the 2013 Food Code on Thursday. The modifications expand the duties of the Person in Charge in a food establishment. They will now include
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Medium-Rare Burgers: A Risky Culinary Comeback
For those in the food industry, the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak of 1993 is known as the single event that convinced burger joints across the country to raise their internal cooking temperature
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FDA Launches Food Code Reference System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched its Food Code Reference System Monday in an effort to strengthen understanding and application of the FDA Food Code. State and local agencies use the agency’s model food
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County Approves Food Code after Testimony from Young E. coli Victim
When Arizona’s Yavapai County Board of Supervisors were first asked to consider approving the 2009 FDA Food Code on June 4, two of the three board members spoke strongly against it. They characterized the code,
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