Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Designing Salmonella performance standard to more closely align with the goal of reducing foodborne illness is fundamental to improving food safety. August 19, 2021. Sandra Eskin.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Like players and the baseball industry, incentives are wrong with cantaloupe growers – actually all food – and the retail industry. In 2011, Listeria -tainted cantaloupes grown in Eastern Colorado sickened 147 in two dozen states, killing at least 33. The farm, as with most food audits, got a superior rating of 96%.

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Food Safety Tech

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the FDA and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)—has published its upcoming priorities for calendar years 2024 – 2028.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

In 2011 I wrote: Last week the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall of ground turkey products due to “possible” Salmonella contamination. A total of 79 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Heidelberg have been reported from 26 states between March 1 and August 3, 2011.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A food product is also considered “adulterated” if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health. The 1938 Act, and the recently signed Food Safety Modernization Act, stand today as the primary means by which the federal government enforces food safety standards.

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

FDA has been notified of additional companies who have issued public notifications or recalls for products linked to the Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc. MG Foods recalled S&S Ham & Cotija Torta Sandwich on Telera Roll sold in vending machines and grab-and-go retail markets in FL. Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Food and Drug Administration, and the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture—teamed up in 2011 to create the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC). To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 10, 2021

2] Following the November 2010 outbreak, then owner John Liautaud stated in January of 2011 that the chain would replace alfalfa sprouts with clover sprouts as they were allegedly easier to clean. [3]. the owner of Jimmy John’s, LLC, replied to the FDA that sprouts had been permanently removed from the menu at all Jimmy John’s locations.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 20, 2023

Not only has “Poisoned” won kudos for its frank depiction of a “ broken system that often places profit over public health ” the film has much to teach doctors about growing threats along American farm-to-fork chains plus modern loopholes and legislative inertia surrounding the safety of American food. However, some U.S.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending that consumers avoid romaine from the Salinas region. Last month, the FDA retroactively identified an outbreak involving romaine lettuce that occurred in late summer, causing 23 illnesses. Remarkably, the specific E.

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

FDA has been notified of additional recalls on 2/8/2024 for products made with or containing recalled dairy products from Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. The product was only sold to retailers in DE, MD, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, VT, VA, and DC Ready Pac Foods, Inc. Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Food Safety Law Firm, is investigating the Rizo Lopez Foods cheese Listeria outbreak that has sickened 26 people in 11 states, including deaths in California and Texas. In response to that finding, Rizo Lopez Foods voluntarily recalled one batch of Rizo Bros Aged Cotija Mexican Grating Cheese (8oz) on January 11, 2024.

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Food Safety Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2011, the same year that the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network to serve as the agency's focal point for response coordination and evaluation of foodborne illness outbreaks.

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Food Quality & Safety

JUNE 29, 2023

Editor’s note: As Food Quality & Safety celebrates 30 years of publication, we think it’s fitting to examine the major food safety events of the period and to highlight the extraordinary efforts to make food safer over the last three decades. FSMA’s basic tenet is a proactive approach to food safety.

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Food Safety Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

Allergen-related food recalls have increased since the introduction of FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act in 2011. This article shares the fundamentals of conducting an allergen gap assessment to help companies comply with new FDA guidance on allergen management.

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MAY 18, 2022

In 30 years of practice, I have on numerous occasions offered to FDA leadership the opportunity to meet directly with the people who consumed food that was tainted under the FDA’s watch. John’s symptoms came on in late September 2011. Clarence became ill in late August 2011.

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FMT Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

In conversation with Mr. Jude Alexander, Director of Allied Speciality Papers, he delves into the companys pioneering technology with robust food safety standards to deliver sustainable, food-compliant solutions that empower brands to uphold quality, hygiene, and consumer trust in a rapidly evolving industry.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The rule is a key component of the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint and implements Section 204(d) of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) , which was signed into law in January 2011. It covers domestic and foreign firms producing food for U.S.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The FDA issued the first CORE (Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation Network) annual report summarizing the investigations of foodborne outbreaks and adverse events in FDA-regulated human foods for the 2022 calendar year. FDA published a strategy summary to prevent Listeria from Enoki mushrooms. LINK to report.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The FDA and CDC continue investigating a multistate outbreak of E. As this investigation continues, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to recommend that people not eat, sell, or serve RAW FARM-brand Raw Cheddar cheese made by RAW FARM, LLC, of Fresno, CA.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 10, 2024

It marks the first time CORE has published an annual report since its inception in 2011. The FDA established CORE to find, stop, and aid in the prevention of foodborne illness outbreaks. CORE only deals with FDA-regulated human foods and does not investigate foods under the jurisdiction of the U.S. food supply.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Their suggestions can easily be re-applied to the food industry. 2011) [1] studied the use of checklists to reduce diagnostic errors in hospitals, clinics and emergency rooms. In 2020, FDA published an Employee Health and Food Safety Checklist in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, Ely et al.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

FDA issued a reminder that FDA regulated food facilities must renew their registration. Owners, operators, or agents in charge of a domestic or foreign facility engaged in manufacturing/processing, packing, or holding food for consumption by humans or animals in the U.S.,

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Owners, operators, or agents in charge of a domestic or foreign facility engaged in manufacturing/processing, packing, or holding food for consumption by humans or animals in the U.S., are required to register the facility with the FDA. The registration and renewal period is open between October 1 and December 31, 2024. to 6:00 p.m.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Product traceback efforts by local health jurisdictions, state health departments, and FDA could not identify a single product lot, processor, or farm as the source of the entire outbreak. FDA, CDC and state partners conducted an EA in the growing region, which consisted of farms in Imperial County, CA and Yuma County, AZ.

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Food Quality & Safety

JUNE 29, 2023

Editor’s note: As Food Quality & Safety celebrates 30 years of publication, we think it’s fitting to examine the major food safety events of the period and to highlight the extraordinary efforts to make food safer over the last three decades. It was a defining moment in food safety history.”

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

FDA issued a Warning Letter after an investigation "conducted as a follow-up to a Reportable Food Registry (RFR) report regarding suspected monensin poisoning from a medicated feed that resulted in numerous cattle deaths". Did not prepare, or have prepared, and did not implement a written food safety plan, as required by 21 CFR 507.31(a).

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Food Safety Tech

APRIL 30, 2024

getting sick each year from foodborne illness, the FDA is continuing to transform the nation’s food safety system with more stringent rules and regulations. The rule was finalized by the FDA on November 15, 2022. With millions of people in the U.S. Records must be legible and stored to prevent loss or deterioration.)

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

“It’s one of these things where we maybe don’t appreciate the benefits, we just take them for granted now, because HACCP is so ingrained in how we produce food,” said Alice Johnson, vice president of food safety and quality at Butterball Turkey LLC. Then came the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.

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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 28, 2023

Less a snapshot of where we have been, this report is a helpful guide to where we are going and how best the industry will achieve compliance to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by January 20, 2026. Traceability Challenges in a Global Food Supply Chain Traceability is a common goal in all industries. Hoekstra, R.

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Food Safety Tech

MAY 28, 2024

On November 21, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Final Rule: Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods (Food Traceability Rule). Keep records of all CTEs. Maintain an approved, updated Traceability Plan.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2024

IFSAC, an interagency group with CDC, FDA, and USDA-FSIS, estimates foodborne illness source attribution and provides timely estimates of the food sources of four priority foodborne pathogens: Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157 (E. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It reminded me of another post of nearly a decade ago when we were in the middle of yet another cantaloupe mess – here is the post: By Bill Marler on November 30, 2018 FDA and industry and Congress all need to step up and do something. The AMS has never really been much concerned about food safety, nor is Big Fresh.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The company was owned and operated by four generations of the Yarnell’s family and was purchased in November 2011 by Schulze & Burch Biscuit Company, with operations in Chicago and Searcy. The recall was initiated after it was discovered during a label review that the product may contain undeclared egg.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It has been a long few weeks of long days, and more than a few nights, working on putting the cases together of the 22 injured people and the families of 20 who died in the 2011 Listeria cantaloupe outbreak that I represent. So, I really was going to take the weekend off and then Food Safety News reporter Helena Bottemiller (a.k.a.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

I posted this on Food Safety News just before the US elections. On that happy note, in the past, our civil justice system has held food producers to account. My talk is about the intersection between COVID-19 and food safety, but a South African tragedy is not far from my mind.

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JULY 23, 2024

The United States has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework for food safety that relies heavily on federal laws and oversight. This system involves multiple federal agencies, state and local governments, and numerous statutes designed to ensure food safety from farm to table. Food Safety System The U.S.

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