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New, Free Searchable Database of FDA and USDA Food Recalls

By News Desk on July 26, 2021

The Milwakee-based Food Industry Council, LLC has launched its “FIC Recall Reporter.™”   The new, free business tool is a searchable database of all FDA and USDA published Class I, Class II, and…
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Prop 65 may be requiring more warnings by more food companies

By Dan Flynn on May 13, 2019

Almost as many food companies this year have been caught up in California’s Proposition 65 cancer and toxic warnings than during all of last year.

Speaking last week in Chicago, Food Industry Counsel Shawn Stevens…
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Attendees hustle in and out of the trade show floor at the 2019 Food Safety Summit. Photo by Dan Flynn

It’s no simple process to become a food safety ‘thought leader’

By Dan Flynn on May 9, 2019

CHICAGO — Oscar Garrison, senior vice president of food safety regulatory affairs for United Egg Producers, is one of the speakers at this week’s Food Safety Summit who is ending the week as a “thought…
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Both sides now: Opposing views from across the courtroom

By Shawn K. Stevens on April 17, 2018

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles leading up to the 20th annual Food Safety Summit. The event, from May 7-10 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in suburban Chicago, includes certification …
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FSMA tops ‘Hot Topics’ at 2017 Food Safety Summit keynote

By Dan Flynn on May 11, 2017

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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Three things to expect during unannounced FDA inspections

By Laura Mushrush on March 23, 2017

It’s not a question of if, but when, officials with the Food and Drug Administration will show up at any given food company for an unannounced inspection, with any violations outlined in a Form 483…
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Mail you’d rather not get

By Laura Mushrush on February 15, 2017

public health officialThis year, FDA will issue nearly 2,500 FDA Form 483s, and mail countless warning letters to food companies.  Sometimes, even the most subtle food safety failures can cause FDA to threaten to shut your facility…
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Letter From the Editor: The New Normal

By Dan Flynn on May 22, 2016

Not so long ago, errant food industry managers and executives did not have to worry about going to jail. But they do now. The government once did not have any intentions, plans or strategies for…
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By Guest Contributor on January 24, 2023

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