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FDA puts its mandatory recall cards on the table — face up

By Coral Beach on November 6, 2018

Almost eight years after gaining statutory power to mandate food recalls, the FDA is officially publishing information to help industry understand when the agency will use its authority.

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FDA drops new produce guidance and wants to talk about it

By Dan Flynn on October 25, 2018

Call it a little lite winter reading for America’s produce growers and processors.

It’s the 152 pages of non-binding draft guidance titled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human …
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Civil action asks judge to order FDA to name ‘high risk’ foods as mandated

By Dan Flynn on October 17, 2018

Two San Francisco Bay area activist organizations that previously pressured the FDA about keeping the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rulemaking on a schedule are again pushing for the agency to meet the Act’s mandates.…
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FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 4, 2018
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Editor’s note: The FDA’s Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ostroff combined efforts for this column. 

We know how important it is to get produce safety right. Taking…
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Victim says education would have made a difference, and it still can

By Guest Contributor on September 17, 2018
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Editor’s note: This is part of series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month.

How many times have you thought through every detail of…
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Global group says US food safety audit program is OK; fresh produce exports should increase

By News Desk on August 14, 2018

Fresh produce growers in the U.S. will have an easier time exporting fruits and vegetables now that an international group has given its stamp of approval to a federal food safety audit program.

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Factoring in the human element in food safety programs

By Guest Opinion on July 28, 2018

Have you asked yourself the following question?  How do I, as the person in my organization who is accountable for effective implementation of the company’s “Compliance Plan,” hold my fellow leaders i.e. operational, quality assurance,…
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Unfinished business: Keeping the focus on food safety

By Michael Taylor on July 9, 2018

In just the past few months, outbreaks involving romaine lettuce, pre-cut melons and Honey Smacks cereal have reminded us that the work to more effectively prevent foodborne illness is far from complete. People are still…
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No quick or easy answers for using raw manure on food crops

By Cookson Beecher on May 30, 2018

Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut.

“What’s that awful smell,” they’ll ask the farmer.

For…
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Penn State aims to improve global health with food safety training

By Catharine Huddle on May 18, 2018

Like extension offices at land grant universities across the country, Penn State Extension offers classes on topics that include food safety. But the public research university is taking it a big step further.

With a…
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