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FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on October 4, 2018
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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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Publisher’s Platform: Why I love Doc Raymond – and Transparency

By Bill Marler on June 1, 2018

Tomorrow the CDC will update the Romaine E. coli outbreak and probably say that it is “over” (last time it updated was May 16th). The numbers will also likely jump from 172 to…
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Actionable information is foundation of Food Safety Summit

By Adriene Cooper on April 24, 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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Candidates for FDA top job focus on drugs, not food, so far

By Dan Flynn on February 2, 2017

Just ahead of the anticipated appointment of an FDA commissioner by President Donald J. Trump, there’s a bit of a buzz about a new candidate who is the fourth to be seriously considered for the…
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Storms and stability ahead for food safety efforts in 2017

By Dan Flynn on January 2, 2017

Food safety in 2017 will be dependent on our “complicated bureaucracies” that exist to get through transitions and times of change. Both USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Survey of store recall notification policies shows efforts are ‘inadequate’

By News Desk on August 25, 2016

A new survey of 32 leading grocery chains about their in-store recall notification practices reveals policies so “woefully inadequate” that consumers may or may not hear about recalled food items, and the U.S. Food and…
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IAFP 2016 — Feds channel The Stones: You can’t always get what you want

By Coral Beach on August 2, 2016

ST. LOUIS — Neither of the top U.S. food cops on stage here had the moves of Mick Jagger, but they borrowed the sentiment from one of The Stones’ greatest hits when they summed up…
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FDA’s Strategic Plan: Food safety, nutrition, animal health

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on July 14, 2016

Editor’s note: The Food and Drug Administration posted this “FDA Voice” column July 14 under the title “Charting a Path Forward on Food Safety, Nutrition and Animal Health.” It was co-authored by Stephen …
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Q & A with FDA’s new top food cop Stephen Ostroff

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 4, 2016

Editor’s note: This interview with Stephen Ostroff was originally published by FDA on June 2, 2016. Stephen Ostroff, M.D. is the FDA’s new Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM). He succeeds Michael R.
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FDA Tells Senate Subcommittee Full Funding is ‘Absolutely Critical’ for FSMA Success

By Lydia Zuraw on September 17, 2015

Sept16FDA-hearingIt’s an oft-heard statement from officials at the Food and Drug Administration: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires sufficient funding allocated by Congress in order to be a success. The testimony that Acting FDA…
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