With a public meeting and a webinar, the FDA plans to gather input on the plan for it’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety” and explain how a new program will help defend against acts
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FDA’s adulteration watchdogs talk about food terrorism
As part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Food and Drug Administration
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Woman draws jail sentence for contaminating chicken in 2016
Stearns County Jail photo
Faye Slye, a 37-year old Cold Spring, MN, woman, was sentenced to 90 days in the Stearns County Jail after being convicted of two
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FSN Briefly
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption.
Man sprays produce with feces-scented liquid
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Food Defense Rule designed to combat intentional adulteration
From the books they left behind, we know that ancient people from all cultural and religious backgrounds feared that their enemies might poison their food. Our fear that our enemies might poison our food supply
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Is the man with mouse poison a bioterrorist or prankster?
UPDATE: 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 5, 2016 — The man taken into custody by the FBI on Tuesday was arraigned today in Michigan’s 15th District Court in Ann Arbor on two counts of poisoning food,
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Pharmacopeial Convention Publishes Guidance for Combatting Food Fraud
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) Monday released a comprehensive plan to combat food fraud for monetary gain. The USP said the new guidance is designed to help food manufacturers and regulators pinpoint which food ingredients
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FSIS: Slightly More Processing Plants Adopt Food Defense Plans
The number of food processing plants in the U.S. with a food defense plan rose from 83 percent to 84 percent between 2013 and 2014, according to the latest Food Defense Plan Survey conducted by
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Milk Producers Want Dairies Exempted From FSMA Intentional Adulteration Rule
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) has submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration asking that dairy farms be exempted from the intentional adulteration rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The
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FDA to Revise Animal Food Rule, Extends Other FSMA Comment Periods
A number of changes to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) implementation timeline were announced Wednesday. First, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to publish revised language for the proposed rule on preventive controls
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Grain and Feed Industry Asks for FSMA Rule Comment Extensions
Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will no longer be held to deadlines for FSMA rule comment periods, industry groups are asking for more time to give their input on certain regulations. The
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