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According to FoodSafety 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 FoodSafety News from Spring 2012: Big Fresh has the blood on its hands. Salmonella spp. Back in February, U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s FoodSafety 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).
1 to see what, if any, federal foodsafety programs are still running. For the significant federal foodsafety agencies, a government shutdown likely won’t mean shutting off the lights, but they will be dimmed. Under divided control in 2013, a 16-day shutdown played out.
The FDA is reporting that the likely ingredient is a hybrid romaine iceberg lettuce used on hamburgers. I wonder when the leafy green industry and the FDA will take the challenge that the beef industry and FSIS took and “put me out of business – please.”. 2013 Leafy Greens E. 2013 Leafy Greens E. 2013 Leafy Greens E.
The FDA says the outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections linked to three farms in Indiana is over, but the agency has not named the farms. The FDA did not name the farms linked to the previous outbreaks, but a report on the 2022 outbreak referenced Knox and Gibson Counties of Indiana.
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The ongoing debate between consumer choice and foodsafety persists, even as outbreaks associated with raw milk consumption persist. In 1987 the FDA enacted regulations mandating the pasteurization of milk for direct human consumption in interstate commerce. coli, or Salmonella.
FDA issues a Warning Letter to Alfred Louie Inc, a sprouting operation and noodle manufacturing facility, located in Bakersfield, CA. Bakersfield, CA 93313 United States Issuing Office: Division of Human and Animal Food Operations West V United States WARNING LETTER September 11, 2024 WL 680624 Dear Messrs. For example: i.
Given the continued growth in the use of label claims, food regulatory agencies are revisiting the circumstances under which certain label claims can be used. FDA and USDA both recently announced efforts to review label claims, with the goal of increasing consumer trust in and reliance on label claims. Product of the U.S.A.”
The United States has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework for foodsafety that relies heavily on federal laws and oversight. This system involves multiple federal agencies, state and local governments, and numerous statutes designed to ensure foodsafety from farm to table. FoodSafety System The U.S.
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 foodsafety, nor is Big Fresh.
“When in doubt, throw it out,” says William (Bill) Marler , managing partner at the FoodSafety Law Firm, Marler Clark. “It It is past time for the leafy green industry to take the safety of greens, especially romaine lettuce, seriously. This has to stop,” added Marler. What to know about the E. Here is just a sample of E.
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Those same retailers distance themselves from such behavior, clucking constantly about foodsafety from “farm to fork” and creating a “culture of foodsafety.” They hire auditors as middlemen in the food-safety chain to give them cover to ignore foodsafety risks. Food and Drug Administration.
Deputy Under Secretary for FoodSafety. FoodSafety and Inspection Service. FoodSafety and Inspection Service. Designing Salmonella performance standard to more closely align with the goal of reducing foodborne illness is fundamental to improving foodsafety. August 19, 2021. Sandra Eskin.
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I posted this on FoodSafety 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 foodsafety, but a South African tragedy is not far from my mind.
Helena Bottemiller Evich’s well done piece in Politico “The FDA’sFood Failure,” that hit the internet very early this morning, is a stunning, but not surprising, indictment of our government’s foodsafety failures that transcends political parties and administrations. WGS showed that the E.
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