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The Importance of NSF Certification for Restaurant Tools and Knives

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2011, the U.S. government created the Food Safety Modernization Act , which transformed the nation’s food safety system by shifting the attention from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it.

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A few more of the Heroes of Poisoned – Rosa DeLauro

Bill Marler

Rosa is a leader in fighting to improve and expand federal support for child nutrition and for modernizing our food safety system. should have one agency assigned the responsibility for food safety, rather than the 15 different agencies that lay claim to different parts of our food system.

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Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?

Bill Marler

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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Federal Food Safety Analytics Collaborative Releases 2024-2028 Priorities

Food Safety Tech

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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So, what’s the cause of the recent E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak?

Bill Marler

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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The top 3 food safety agencies work in collaboration on foodborne illness sources

Food Safety News

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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Food Safety: The Responsibilities of Government vs. The Private Sector

Food Safety Tech

The role of government oversight versus private efforts in ensuring food safety is a comparatively new topic. Government food safety inspections have traditionally operated on a risk-based model, aiming to identify and mitigate potential hazards in food production facilities.