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Canada moves to protect citizens from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce from the Salinas Valley

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Under the SFCR, FFV businesses, including those who import romaine lettuce, are now required to obtain a Safe Food for Canadians licence and maintain: preventive controls that address food safety hazards; preventive control plans that document risks to food and how they are addressed; and. coli outbreaks. Quick Facts.

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FDA Names Jim Jones as First Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods

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food supply. While at EPA, Jones was instrumental in the 2016 overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act, the first update of that statute in more than four decades. food supply, as well as the important role that the agriculture community and state partners play in this paradigm.”

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Jim Jones to Serve as First FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods

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Program areas would include food safety, chemical safety and innovative food products, including those from new agricultural technologies, that will bolster the resilience of the U.S. food supply in the face of climate change and globalization, as well as nutrition to help reduce diet-related diseases and improve health equity.

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New FDA administrator says he is ready to cooperate to restructure the agency

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food supply. He was a principal architect of EPA’s 2016 overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act, the first update of that statute in more than 40 years. Jones has experience in lessening the impact that chemicals and pollution have on the U.S.

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Technology in the Food Chain: Insights from the IFT 2023 Traceability Challenge Report

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I n a report released in May of 2023, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) offered an encouraging and attainable outlook for cooperative and effective functionality throughout the global food supply chain. Traceability Challenges in a Global Food Supply Chain Traceability is a common goal in all industries.

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Case study: The salmonella outbreak in chocolate products explained

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Food recalls are the most critical situation that could befall you as a food safety professional. Among the many consequences of recalls, I could highlight putting people’s health in jeopardy , lowering consumer trust in the food industry, and making the food supply chain look unreliable and untrustworthy.

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UK dealing with E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks

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coli O183 is an extremely rare serotype, with only 15 cases in the UK since 2016. Food supply chain investigations have found that eggs were likely to have come from Poland, but work with the manufacturer and supplier is ongoing. One person developed Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). coli infections that causes kidney failure.