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
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FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety
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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
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Global group says US food safety audit program is OK; fresh produce exports should increase
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
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FDA sends $32.5 million to states for help with produce safety rule
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
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No quick or easy answers for using raw manure on food crops
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
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Top food safety stories include regs, recalls, respects this year
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
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Food safety training, treatments addressed in federal grants
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
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Produce states get $30 million to help FDA enforce new rule
Forty-three states and territories are getting a total of $30.9 million from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help the federal agency implement the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule.
“Congress envisioned the
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At the IAFP departure lounge: Remembering all we’ve learned
The day after the 2017 International Association for Food Protection always leaves attendees headed home with not only complete lessons, but also those “bits and pieces.” Attendees at final event, the awards banquet, spoke about
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FSIS, FDA leadership does yearly lounge act before IAFP
TAMPA, FL — Stephen Ostroff, deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Monday admitted to felling a little anxious about data showing the incidence of foodborne illnesses is
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FSMA tops ‘Hot Topics’ at 2017 Food Safety Summit keynote
CHICAGO — On a keynote panel mostly about the angst being felt around food safety, Costco’s Craig Wilson was the calmest guy in the house. And why not?
When Wilson, Costco Wholesale Corporation’s vice president
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