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If you care about food safety, then Jim Jones matters to you. A year into his tenure as Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program, Jones has infused the FDA food programs with a new sense of mission and new approaches to greater efficiency and transparency.
The
Continue Reading Transforming FDA-regulated food products: A webinar with Jim Jones
One month into the FDA’s new Human Foods Program, Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones will appear in a webinar by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
The FDA the country’s oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency, began its new chapter on Oct. 1. The new human foods program took effect after a
Continue Reading FDA chief will wrap up the first month of new human foods program with Alliance webinar
The Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with STOP Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, is set to host the 11th and final installment of its webinar series on food safety culture. The webinar will be streamed live May 9 from 5:15 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT from the
Continue Reading FDA and STOP Foodborne Illness to co-host live webinar at Food Safety Summit
The reorganization of the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods programs was urgently needed and a long-time coming. The full plan still needs to go through review by Office of Management and Budget and then Congress.
Fortunately, the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA have authority to implement
Continue Reading Webinar on FDA’s food chemical safety initiatives to feature Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones
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By Steven Grossman, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.
What started as a crisis over the safety and supply of infant formula became a wide-ranging review of FDA’s food programs by the Reagan-Udall Foundation. In turn, those led to the creation of a new
Continue Reading Major FDA reorganization will heavily impact human foods program
The Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with STOP Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, is set to host the eighth installment of its webinar series on food safety culture. Scheduled for Sept. 13, 2023, from noon to 1 p.m. EDT, the webinar will delve into the vital role
Continue Reading FDA and STOP Foodborne Illness host eighth webinar on food safety culture
The Food and Drug Administration has announced the seventh installment of their ongoing webinar series exploring food safety culture will take place live on May 11 from 3:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. EDT.
The webinar series, “Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety,” is in partnership
Continue Reading FDA announces live webinar for Food Safety Summit
The FDA is inviting the public and industry leaders to join a webinar at 1 p.m. EST on March 2 to discuss recent draft guidance on lead action levels for foods intended for children younger than two years of age.
Questions or comments must be submitted by Feb. 9 at
Continue Reading FDA to hold webinar on recent draft guidance for industry on lead in baby food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Stop Foodborne Illness, a non-profit public health organization, have announced a fifth webinar in their collaborative series that explores food safety culture. The fifth webinar, called “Rewards and Recognition Programs,” will take place from noon to 1 p.m. EDT on Oct. 26.
The
Continue Reading FDA and STOP announce the fifth webinar in series on food safety culture
One of the most read stories reported on by the Food Safety News staff this year was about the Listeria outbreak linked to Florida-based Big Olaf ice cream. First reported in early July when there were 25 confirmed patients according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The pathogen
Continue Reading Listeria webinar scheduled for Oct. 25