Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by The Regulatory Review and is republished here with permission.
Insurance underwriters can help farmers manage the risk of microbial contamination in their fields.
Foodborne illness is a public health problem of pandemic proportions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that
Continue Reading Using insurance to regulate food safety and save growers from rainy days
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued guidance on its intent not to enforce certain provisions of five rules that implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 grants the FDA more authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested, and processed.
Continue Reading FDA announces it won’t enforce certain aspects of some FSMA rules
The South Carolina Department of Agriculture (SCDA) has announced the “On-Farm Improvement Cost Share Program.”
Through the USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant funding administered by SCDA, farmers who are required to comply with the Produce Safety Rule can receive reimbursements up to $2,000 per year per farm for on-farm food
Continue Reading Cost-share program offers help for food safety improvements on South Carolina farms
The pattern is well established. Bad things happen, and then good things happen as a result.
But, one man who is uniquely positioned to peer into the future with an informed eye doesn’t think the food industry or government need to wait for the next crisis to take the next
Continue Reading There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain
Editor’s note: The FDA’s Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ostroff combined efforts for this column.
We know how important it is to get produce safety right. Taking steps to prevent contamination of produce is the primary purpose of the Food Safety Modernization
Continue Reading FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety
Fresh produce growers in the U.S. will have an easier time exporting fruits and vegetables now that an international group has given its stamp of approval to a federal food safety audit program.
The nod from the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) announced Monday grants technical equivalency to the USDA’s
Continue Reading Global group says US food safety audit program is OK; fresh produce exports should increase
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is funding 46 state agriculture departments and one territory with a total of $32.5 million to help implement the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule.
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) was quick to salute the funding commitments.
“NASDA
Continue Reading FDA sends $32.5 million to states for help with produce safety rule
Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut.
“What’s that awful smell,” they’ll ask the farmer.
For a farmer who hasn’t hosted groups of students before, the first expression crossing his or
Continue Reading No quick or easy answers for using raw manure on food crops
Editor’s Note: The Food Safety News list of the year’s most significant news is compiled annually by our writers and editors. The list for 2017 is not led by any one or two blockbuster food safety stories, but it also won’t be quickly forgotten.
It was a year when there
Continue Reading Top food safety stories include regs, recalls, respects this year
If you think you’re got problems, try being a farmer. They’re faced with an impressive array of enemies that are waging war on their crops and their livelihoods. These adversaries don’t need sophisticated weapons. They’ve got something more deadly — an arsenal of biological ammunition. And for the most part,
Continue Reading Food safety training, treatments addressed in federal grants
