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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FoodHandler

APRIL 12, 2023

Ok, I admit – there really is no food safety jail. But there is jail and, while it is uncommon, you can be sent there for not practicing food safety. You might be thinking to yourself that this took place in Wales, and you wouldn’t go to jail in the United States for a food safety violation.

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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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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Denmark investigated a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella Strathcona in 2011, where datterino tomatoes from an Italian producer were suspected of being the vehicle of infection. The 2023 outbreak has isolates that are genetically closely related to cases reported since 2011, indicating a common infection source.

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Food Safety Tech

MAY 13, 2024

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 1 in 10 people get sick because of contaminated food and 420,000 people die due to foodborne illnesses every year around the world (WHO, Food Safety, 2022). Similarly, in 2011, an E. For example, in 2006, a spinach contaminated with E.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

This suggests that people in this outbreak got sick from the same food – Cantaloupe. Salmonella: Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm , is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of Salmonella outbreaks. WGS showed that bacteria from sick people’s samples are closely related genetically.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FDA has released its final food safety guidance for producers of sprouts, a food that has been linked to several outbreaks in recent years. For More information 2023 Final Sprout Guidance 2023 Draft Sprout Guidance Federal Register Notice (To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here)

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Bill Marler

MAY 5, 2022

Yesterday was my birthday (65) and I missed this posted by Sandra Eskin, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety in Health and Safety: Food Safety is About People. Here is a historical piece written by Helena Bottemiller, then at Food Safety News : It was Sept. When the U.S. This is nothing new.

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to Food Safety News , the FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. Here is Dan Flynn’s editorial from Food Safety News from Spring 2012: Big Fresh has the blood on its hands. coli O157:H7 outbreak of foodborne illness.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 2, 2021

“HACCP: A systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control of food safety hazards.” – So says the FDA. The FDA has taken many important steps to achieve the food safety goals envisioned by Congress when FSMA was established in 2011, such as implementing seven foundational rules.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Started OPDC in 2000 [link] Changed name to Raw Farm LLC in 2020 Organic Pastures Dairy Company Recalls and Outbreaks September 2006 Raw Milk E.coli Outbreak: 6 ill/2 HUS [link] September 2007 Raw Cream Listeria Recall [link] December 2007 Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak: 8 ill [link] September 2008 Raw Cream Campylobacter Recall [link] (..)

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Food Safety Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2023

Food and Drug Administration’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FDA’s FSMA) since its implementation in 2011. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (USDA’s ERS) has revealed the Mexican horticultural sector’s response to and challenges with the requirements of the U.S.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 17, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) – I do not recall a CDC post recently that included working with both the FSIS (regulates, Beef, Pork, Poultry and Catfish) and the FDA (regulates everything else). Romaine, 2011, 58 cases, 59% female.

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Food Safety Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Aflatoxin-contaminated nuts and seeds dominated mycotoxin notifications made through the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) between 2011 and 2021, according to a recent study.

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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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Bill Marler

JANUARY 19, 2021

The 2011 book, Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. coli outbreak and the rise of Bill Marler as a food safety attorney. A documentary based on Jeff Benedict’s 2013 bestseller “Poisoned” has officially been announced. coli Outbreak that Changed the Way Americans Eat , chronicles a deadly 1993 Jack in the Box E.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 1, 2022

Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing that it will be declaring Salmonella an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. Food safety is at the heart of everything FSIS does,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. This is nothing new.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Around 300 deaths in the United States are caused by Listeria infection each year, according to estimates from a 2011 CDC report. . Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods. Additional Resources: Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm , is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of Listeria outbreaks.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 21, 2022

19, 2020, we filed a petition with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven Romes, the Porter family, Food & Water Watch, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports. Here is a historical piece written by Helena Bottemiller, then at Food Safety News : It was Sept.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Listeria: Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm , is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of Listeria outbreaks. Peaches, plums, and nectarines currently available for sale at retail stores are not included in this recall.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Food facility registration requirements were initiated with the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 and amended by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2011.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 25, 2024

Around 300 deaths in the United States are caused by Listeria infection each year, according to estimates from a 2011 CDC report. Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods. Listeria is a bacterium that causes a serious infection called listeriosis. Vegetables can be contaminated by soil and water carrying bacteria.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. Tainted food has cost the food industry billions of dollars in recalls, lost sales, and legal expenses.

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Bill Marler

MAY 21, 2022

Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers that agency inspectors will start to routinely collect samples for bacterial testing whenever they go into a peanut butter manufacturing facility. “We Sundlof said the government is weighing whether to designate it as a high-risk food.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Like all chicken sold in interstate commerce, the chicken purchased by AMS for the NSLP must meet Federal food safety standards, including tolerances for Salmonella spp. established by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Nevertheless, Salmonella remains the second-most common?cause

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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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Bon Appetit Management Company

MARCH 17, 2024

We are a founding member of the Equitable Food Initiative , a multifaceted certification that ensures transparency, better labor standards, and food safety training for workers. In 2011, we hosted TEDxFruitvale , a one-day conference focused on amplifying the voices of farmworkers and labor movements in the US.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) coli Outbreak and Recall: As of February 16, 2024, a total of 10 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli have been reported from four states – California, Utah, Colorado and Texas.

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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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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

A total of 255 outbreaks were reported to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) by 17 countries, involving 1,097 cases and 83 hospitalizations. For STEC infections and STEC-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases, higher rates were only reported in 2011, when there was a sizeable multi-country outbreak.

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FMT Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2024

The ban was essentially based on the ground that it was not in conformance with the provisions laid down under FSS Act, 2006, and that Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, does not mention the same. However, neither it says such categorisation cannot be made.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

coli details Between October 2011 and 2014, 288 HUS patients were included in the study, of which 256 were diagnosed as typical HUS. In 2011 to 2014, England had 228 cases, Wales had 10, and Northern Ireland had nine. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.) Patient and E.

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FMT Magazine

MAY 23, 2024

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has alerted traders’/fruits handlers/Food Business Operators (FBOs) operating ripening chambers to strictly ensure compliance with the prohibition on calcium carbide for artificial ripening of fruits, particularly during the mango season.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A large-scale outbreak occurred in 2011 with 511 suspected cases. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.) Zambia has reported its largest anthrax outbreak for a decade, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Anthrax is caused by a spore-forming bacteria called Bacillus anthracis.

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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. Companies that manufacture high risk foods need to do a far better job at eliminating the risk of a resident Listeria bacteria.” Marler Clark, Inc.,

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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. CORE only deals with FDA-regulated human foods and does not investigate foods under the jurisdiction of the U.S. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here)

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Eating high-risk foods From 2011 to 2021, 722 listeriosis cases were reported, ranging from 42 to 93 per year. Almost 100 cases did not know of risky foods for listeriosis before infection. Isolated strains represented 3,353 samples—more than 100 food samples contained above 100 Listeria colony-forming units (CFU)/g.

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