The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a few things on its Constitute Update related to food safety this week.
Two of the items involve the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and one involves the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods. Two of the items are related to
Continue Reading USDA sessions look at food safety related to poultry, antimicrobial resistance
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a virtual public meeting on Oct. 6 to discuss the state of consumer food safety education, current research, and future studies and engagement to close the gap between food safety messages and consumer action.
“USDA has
Continue Reading USDA calls food safety education meeting for early October
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Food and Drug Administration are teaming up in October for a joint public meeting on the use of cell culture techniques to develop products derived from livestock and poultry.
Set for Oct. 23-25, planned discussion topics for the public meeting include
Continue Reading USDA, FDA team up to hear comments about what can be called “meat”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports “a notable increase” in the number of recalls due to undeclared allergens in regulated products and the agency has called a public meeting to talk about it.
According to FSIS, more than 170 foods have been reported to
Continue Reading FSIS calls public meeting on food allergens for March 16
The National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection (NACMPI) is poised to review Listeria monocytogenes control at retail outlets and consider mandatory features on the labels of processed, not-ready-to-eat products that appear as ready-to-eat. A two-day public meeting is set for March 29-30 at the Patriot Plaza III building
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In late November and early December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration held three public meetings in the Washington, D.C., area, Chicago, IL, and Sacramento, CA, to discuss the animal food preventive controls rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The first meeting in College Park, MD, mostly played
Continue Reading Pet Food Safety: Public Reactions to FSMA Animal Food Rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration heard a broad range of feedback from stakeholders on its draft food safety rules – on preventive controls and produce safety – in a public meeting held late last week in Washington, DC. 
While everyone from consumer advocates to produce growers offered a variety
Continue Reading Stakeholders Offer Broad Range of Feedback on FSMA in First Public Meeting
