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FDA extends deadline for comments on traceability rule; announces changes

By Coral Beach on January 13, 2021

The FDA has updated its materials about a proposed food traceability rule — “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (Food Traceability Proposed Rule).

Traceability in the food supply chain is crucial…
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A decade later, FDA still working on congressional mandate known as FSMA

By Frank Yiannas on January 5, 2021
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Ten years ago, on Jan. 4, 2011, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law and Congress’ mandate was clear: It’s not enough to respond to outbreaks of foodborne illness. We…
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Election brings change of some food safety officials from across government

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2020

If the United States had a single independent food safety authority like most counties, a change of administrators would not be a significant event.  But with food safety spread across as many as 20 departments…
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Mystery surrounds two new E. coli outbreaks with genetic links to past Romaine events

By News Desk on October 28, 2020

With Halloween only hours away,  two new E. coli outbreaks have shown up to haunt the nation’s Romaine growers because genetic links to the past have been discovered.

The two outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing E. …
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U.S. regulatory food safety update from Yiannas and Brashears

By News Desk on October 27, 2020

Day two of The International Association for Food Protection 2020, A Virtual Annual Meeting featured a “U.S. Regulatory Update on Food Safety,” from Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, and Mindy …
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Leaders speak about how their agencies have responded in the wake of the pandemic

By Jonan Pilet on October 22, 2020

ROSEMONT, IL — Yesterday’s Food Safety Summit’s annual Town Hall Q&A featured top regulators and agency leaders from FDA, USDA, AFDO and CDC. They talked about their agency’s work during the past year, with a …
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U.S. regulatory update on food safety to be featured in IAFP virtual meeting

By News Desk on September 17, 2020

The International Association for Food Protection 2020, A Virtual Annual Meeting will feature a “U.S. Regulatory Update on Food Safety,” from Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response and Mindy Brashears, Deputy…
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Virtual meetings help keep FDA’s Frank Yiannas in touch with all interested in food safety

By Dan Flynn on August 26, 2020

Like the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration keeps “public calendars” to document when its top officials meet with people outside the federal government.

The FDA’s top official for…
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FDA/USDA say they are making progress on labeling cell-made food

By Dan Flynn on August 7, 2020

When there are Star Trek replicators, what are they going to call the meat, poultry, or seafood products that come out of them? Steaks and chops and chicken breasts from the replicators will be grown …
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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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FDA publishes ‘blueprint’ for ‘New Era of Food Safety’ — details scant

By Coral Beach on July 14, 2020

Invoking images of a children’s rhyme and a John Lennon classic, leaders with the FDA have unveiled what they call a blueprint for the agency’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety.”

Like Jack and his…
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