A Dec. 2nd warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Fort Bragg, CA-based Ocean Fresh LLC says the seafood processing facility is producing ready-to-eat raw sea urchin that is adulterated.
FDA said it inspected the Fort Bragg facility over several days last August and September and…
Continue Reading CA Seafood Processor Needs Fresh HACCP Plan
Each week as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) makes public a handful of warning letters recently sent to specific food processing companies, one category stands out: seafood processing.
This week is no exception. Warning letters made public Tuesday went out Dec. 7 to Anchorage-based Copper River Seafoods Inc.…
Continue Reading Most of Weekly Warnings Go to Fish Processors
Three more seafood processors have gotten their operations snarled in regulatory waters, netting them warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Fish Brothers Inc., located on the northern coast of California since 1984, says it’s known for its small batch approach to fish smoking. But after an…
Continue Reading Processors from CA to NJ Struggle to Get It Right
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sends warning letters out to manufacturers and processors with food safety problems that sometimes also point up how much misunderstanding still exists.
The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations, for example, are the new bible of food safety, but beyond the…
Continue Reading Seafood Processor Needs to Enroll in HACCP 101
The Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, known as R-CALF USA, wants the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point abandoned or revamped with an alternative meat inspection protocol.
The Billings, MT-based beef producer organization formally requested the action in a letter to USDA Secretary…
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the opening of its new help desk for small meat, poultry, and processed egg producers to help them comply with agency requirements.
The help desk will also be a resource for state and local food regulators.…
If the truck that hit you turned into a 100-car freight train before you could get it into court, would that be a good thing?
The youngsters who were infected with E. coli O157:H7 after eating meat produced at the JBS Swift & Co. Greeley Beef Plant might be wondering…
The 27 states that operate their own meat and poultry inspection for meat and poultry sold within a single state are about to get new markets for their products.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS) Wednesday published new regulations in the Federal Register that…
Continue Reading Small Meat Gets Close To Cross-Border Sales
