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Federal Offices of Inspector’s General (OIGs) provide the vital role of:
Publisher’s Platform: OIG to determine whether FDA followed the inspections and recall process for infant formula in accordance with federal requirements by 2023?
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Report not to issue until 2023? Hey, OIG, see below, we need answers sooner and I will give you a head start.
HHS, OIG posted this morning:
The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to safeguard the Nation’s food supply,
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FDA chasing after voluntary recalls, but doesn’t often take mandatory route
Timely and efficient food recalls would cut down on foodborne illnesses, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has yet to figure out to do it.
That’s the bottom line of another report on FDA food recalls by the Office of the Inspector General for the federal Health and Human
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FDA responds to OIG Recall Critique
In August 2016, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) found that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not have an efficient and effective food recall initiation process that helps ensure the safety of the nation’s food supply. Specifically, FDA did not have policies and procedures to ensure that firms
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OIG says FDA needs to boost efficiency to meet federal law
Food and Drug Administration domestic food inspections are “on track” for now, but not for the tighter timeframes called for in the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA).
So finds the Office of
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FSIS Issues Guidance for a Systematic Approach to Humane Livestock Handling
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) issued compliance guidelines for a systematic approach to humane handling of livestock on Wednesday. A systematic approach is a comprehensive method of evaluating how livestock enter and move through an establishment and focuses on treating livestock so as to minimize
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A Turning Point for E. Coli Testing?
We just might be witnessing a watershed change in USDA attitudes regarding testing for E. coli O157:H7, corrective actions subsequent to adverse lab test results, and tracebacks to the true source of contamination.
Due diligence must be addressed these next 12 months to monitor USDA/FSIS’ willingness to implement meaningful
Sampling Report Praises Beef Industry & USDA
To steal a phrase from former President George W. Bush, USDA’s meat inspectors are “doing a heck of a job” knocking down E. coli at big beef plants.
With a little constructive criticism around that edges, that pretty much sums up the findings of the Office of the Inspector General’s
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Inspector General Gives Positive Report on FSIS Humane Handling Enforcement
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is appropriately handling industry appeals of its humane handling enforcement actions, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG).
The audit — which was requested by the Office of Food Safety to “ensure that
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