Singapore is making progress on a revised grading system for assessing the food safety performance of establishments.
The Safety Assurance for Food Establishments (SAFE) framework will consider an establishment’s track record and food safety management systems. It will also harmonize the grading systems for retail and non-retail food outlets, which
Continue Reading Singapore moving toward new licensing model
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is to change how it ranks food outlets to focus more on track records than annual audit results.
The new licensing framework is called the Safety Assurance for Food Establishments (SAFE). An estimated 23,000 food sites will come under it beginning in January 2023.
Those
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The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has revoked the license of a slaughterhouse it says has repeatedly failed health inspections. Rickson Vilog, also known as Vilog LLC, of Auburn, WA, was notified of the decision to revoke its license last week after inspectors found continued sanitation violations at the
Continue Reading WA Revokes License of Slaughterhouse Following Health Violations
As early as next week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will likely be deciding whether the “Live Free or Die” state should allow unlicensed “homestead” food and on-farm sales of raw milk.
The quick action has left state regulators scrambling to get ahead of lawmakers who seem bent on
Continue Reading NH May Drop Licensing in Name of Food Freedom
On November 3, the state of Maine filed a lawsuit against raw milk producer Dan Brown for allegedly selling raw milk without a license and for not labeling the raw milk as unpasteurized. The complaint identifies five separate instances in which an inspector from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food
