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Modernize Your Recall Management Plan with Digital and Automated Strategies

Modern Restaurant Management

Global and domestic supply chains are more complex and interdependent than ever, and while they offer consumer benefits like more choices, lower prices, and the year-round availability of many food items that were once only seasonal, the increasing number of moving pieces also adds more risk for product quality and food safety failures.

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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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Government shutdown puts federal food safety programs and the public at risk

Food Safety News

1 to see what, if any, federal food safety programs are still running. For the significant federal food safety 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.

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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). RTE Salads, 2013, 33 cases, 60% female.

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A brief Marler Clark history with Wendy’s and E. coli Lawsuits

Bill Marler

2013 Leafy Greens E. 2013 Leafy Greens E. 2013 Ready-To-Eat Salads E. 2013 Leafy Greens E. 2013 Leafy Greens E. 2013 Ready-To-Eat Salads E. The Food Safety Law Firm: . Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm , is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of E.

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Foodsafe Level 1 Recognition Across Canada: A Straightforward Guide

Probe It Food Safety

Food safety training is a cornerstone for any organization that handles meals. Alberta : Courses often appear under Food Sanitation and Hygiene Training. Saskatchewan : A Food Safety Training course is widely accepted. Calling a regional health unit or emailing a provincial food safety division can be helpful.

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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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