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Food firms in Florida, New Jersey and Texas warned over import violations

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or

By News Desk

/ 5 Dec 2022

Food firms in Florida, New Jersey and Texas warned over import violations

FSIS seeking public comments on a number of proposed rules and regulations for the USDA

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service are seeking public comments on proposed rules and notices, which are viewable on the FSIS Federal Register & Rulemaking webpage. Of note

By News Desk

/ 4 Dec 2022

FSIS seeking public comments on a number of proposed rules and regulations for the USDA

The FDA should not wait to initiate significant and lasting change

— OPINION — By Sarah Gallo When baby formula disappeared from shelves following a recall earlier this year, it raised the question of how something this big, affecting millions across the U.

By Guest Opinion

/ 30 Nov 2022

The FDA should not wait to initiate significant and lasting change

England and EU differ on defrosted poultry meat stance

England and Wales are to ease the rules temporarily on defrosted poultry meat because of the impact of bird flu. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is advising consumers buying turkey,

By News Desk

/ 30 Nov 2022

England and EU differ on defrosted poultry meat stance

FDA reinvests in UMD’s Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) with a five-year, $41 million cooperative

By News Desk

/ 29 Nov 2022

FDA reinvests in UMD’s Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

FSIS and fixing the problem

Editor’s note: This is part four of a four-part series. In the previous three articles, I described what I consider the underlying causes of the devolution of FSIS as

By Dr. Michael Fisher

/ 28 Nov 2022

Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

A preliminary injunction that prevents a labor contracting firm from providing child labor to JBS in Grand Island, NE, has been extended to Dec. 7. The preliminary injunction is against

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Nov 2022

Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

EU heavily involved in issues at WTO food safety meeting

Seven new trade issues discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety involved the European Union. Countries raised 52 specific trade concerns (STCs), 10 of them

By Joe Whitworth

/ 24 Nov 2022

EU heavily involved in issues at WTO food safety meeting

Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

The numbers are in for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for the final quarater of fiscal year 2022. FSIS progressive enforcment starts on the slaugther room floor

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Nov 2022

Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

Alerts involving global food safety network climb; frozen berries linked to multi-country outbreak

The number of food safety incidents involving an international network has gone up in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous three months. The International Food Safety

By Joe Whitworth

/ 23 Nov 2022

Alerts involving global food safety network climb; frozen berries linked to multi-country outbreak

Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

When you’re waiting to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate, hearing that your nomination has been taken hostage with others is not good news. But for Jose Emilio

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Nov 2022

Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

FSIS and the era of enforcement

Editor’s note: This is part three of a four-part series. Ten years after issuing the Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP) Systems: Final Rule, The

By Dr. Michael Fisher

/ 21 Nov 2022

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Food firms in Florida, New Jersey and Texas warned over import violations

FSIS seeking public comments on a number of proposed rules and regulations for the USDA

The FDA should not wait to initiate significant and lasting change

England and EU differ on defrosted poultry meat stance

FDA reinvests in UMD’s Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

FSIS and fixing the problem

Temporary Restraining Order extended in child labor case involving large meat company

EU heavily involved in issues at WTO food safety meeting

Fiscal year 2022 goes in the books at USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service

Alerts involving global food safety network climb; frozen berries linked to multi-country outbreak

Time is running out for Esteban’s confirmation in lame-duck Congress

FSIS and the era of enforcement