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Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Listeria can cause SAHCODHA ( Serious Adverse Health Consequences or Death to Humans or Animals)

Opinion So, why not use the authority granted under the FSMA and use the FDA’s mandatory recall authority? According to the FDA, before the FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act)

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Aug 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Listeria can cause SAHCODHA ( Serious Adverse Health Consequences or Death to Humans or Animals)

Fish company declines to issue recall; operations continue despite FDA finding of Listeria

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or eat any seafood products sold or processed by Felix Custom Smoking because of possible Listeria monocytogenes

By News Desk

/ 27 Aug 2021

Fish company declines to issue recall; operations continue despite FDA finding of Listeria

WTO report shows food safety dominates new trade concerns

Almost half of the new trade issues discussed in a WTO committee in 2020 mentioned food safety, according to a report on the meeting. Of the 36 new specific trade

By Joe Whitworth

/ 27 Aug 2021

WTO report shows food safety dominates new trade concerns

EU agencies quiet on horse meat reports

Europol and DG Sante have remained silent on Croatian media reports that horse meat was found being sold as veal in the country. Local media reported the findings had been

By Joe Whitworth

/ 26 Aug 2021

FDA warns firm after hundreds of dog deaths and illnesses; other firms warned about 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

/ 23 Aug 2021

FDA warns firm after hundreds of dog deaths and illnesses; other firms warned about import violations

25 years later FSIS final rule on pathogen reduction still making a difference

Contributed This year marks 25 years since FSIS issued its landmark final rule, “Pathogen Reduction/Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (PR/HACCP),” issued in the summer of 1996. “Food

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 23 Aug 2021

25 years later FSIS final rule on pathogen reduction still making a difference

USDA offers advice for those in path of Tropical Storm Henri

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reminds communities, farmers and ranchers, families, and small businesses in the path of Tropical Storm Henri that USDA has programs that provide assistance

By News Desk

/ 22 Aug 2021

USDA offers advice for those in path of Tropical Storm Henri

IAFP calls for workshop, symposium and roundtable proposals for 2022 event

The International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP) program committee is inviting members and other interested individuals to submit workshop, symposiums or roundtable proposals for IAFP 2022. The 2022 pre-conference

By News Desk

/ 22 Aug 2021

IAFP calls for workshop, symposium and roundtable proposals for 2022 event

Seafood imports to Norway from non-EU countries mostly safe

The majority of seafood products imported into Norway were compliant with food safety rules, according to a new report. The report summarizes the monitoring program for seafood imported to Norway

By Joe Whitworth

/ 20 Aug 2021

Seafood imports to Norway from non-EU countries mostly safe

Mixed progress on Western Pacific food safety; communication, education needed

Different levels of national progress on a food safety strategy in the Western Pacific have been identified during a meeting to monitor adoption. The Regional Framework for Action on Food

By Joe Whitworth

/ 19 Aug 2021

Mixed progress on Western Pacific food safety; communication, education needed

USDA’s third quarter enforcement report finds high levels of activity

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service regulates about 6,200 private establishments with something called progressive discipline. It’s where to look for everything from a minor infraction

By Dan Flynn

/ 19 Aug 2021

USDA’s third quarter enforcement report finds high levels of activity

Working the phone for food safety comes naturally to Eskin

The coronavirus pandemic has left some hating and some loving telephonic communications options like those Zoom calls. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s recently released public calendars for

By Dan Flynn

/ 18 Aug 2021

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Publisher’s Platform: Hey FDA, Listeria can cause SAHCODHA ( Serious Adverse Health Consequences or Death to Humans or Animals)

Fish company declines to issue recall; operations continue despite FDA finding of Listeria

WTO report shows food safety dominates new trade concerns

EU agencies quiet on horse meat reports

FDA warns firm after hundreds of dog deaths and illnesses; other firms warned about import violations

25 years later FSIS final rule on pathogen reduction still making a difference

USDA offers advice for those in path of Tropical Storm Henri

IAFP calls for workshop, symposium and roundtable proposals for 2022 event

Seafood imports to Norway from non-EU countries mostly safe

Mixed progress on Western Pacific food safety; communication, education needed

USDA’s third quarter enforcement report finds high levels of activity

Working the phone for food safety comes naturally to Eskin