Bill Marler

APRIL 21, 2020

California-Based Company Agrees to Pay Largest-Ever Fine in a Food-Safety Case and Implement a Comprehensive Food Safety Compliance Program. Chipotle also agreed to pay the $25 million criminal fine, the largest ever in a food safety case, as part of the DPA. WASHINGTON – Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A senator and representative have introduced legislation that would give the FDA and CDC authority to enter and collect samples at feedlots during foodborne illness outbreaks. For example, during a 2018 romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak investigation, the FDA traced the strain of outbreak E. Cory Booker, D-RI, and Rep.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A food product is also considered “adulterated” if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health. The 1938 Act, and the recently signed Food Safety Modernization Act, stand today as the primary means by which the federal government enforces food safety standards.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When it comes to the term “healthy,” which is a nutrient content claim, the FDA defined it more than 25 years ago in 1993 with a focus on total fats, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium. Manufacturers of foods generally considered to be healthy but not low in fat (e.g., Health claims are subject to different FDA rules.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The FDA plans to collect 1,600 fresh herbs samples (761 domestic, and 839 of international origin) under this assignment. The FDA initially planned to collect 1,600 processed avocado and guacamole samples (800 domestic, and 800 of international origin) under this assignment. Fresh Herbs Results as of 10/1/2019. percent.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

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. Typhimurium grouping.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

the producer of the onions, cooperated with the FDA throughout the investigation and is continuing to engage with the FDA on the agency’s findings and recommendations. FDA issued an assignment to follow up with the associated firms. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here)

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put together guidelines to advise consumers to clean cantaloupe before eating. The washing and sanitizing process for fresh produce recommended by the FDA involves washing and scrubbing to remove the dirt and microbes (FDA, 2018).

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

4] However, three months later, at a meeting with the FDA, Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC changed its position and stated that it would serve only clover sprouts sourced from specific suppliers. [5]. the owner of Jimmy John’s, LLC, replied to the FDA that sprouts had been permanently removed from the menu at all Jimmy John’s locations.

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Bill Marler

JULY 27, 2023

Among a subset of 251 patients with records in the Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network ( FoodNet ) during 2018 to 2020, ten percent of patients traveled internationally in the seven days before their illnesses began. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 2, 2019

During the 2018 Thanksgiving outbreak, the government’s actions clearly prevented additional illnesses. Last month, the FDA retroactively identified an outbreak involving romaine lettuce that occurred in late summer, causing 23 illnesses. Notably, the 2018 Thanksgiving outbreak was not the first one that year either.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Those same retailers distance themselves from such behavior, clucking constantly about food safety from “farm to fork” and creating a “culture of food safety.” They hire auditors as middlemen in the food-safety chain to give them cover to ignore food safety risks. Food and Drug Administration.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. The Food and Drug Administration has sent a warning letter to MKK Imports of Torrance, CA, for failure to meet the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirements. On March 26, 2023, the FDA conducted the business’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP).

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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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Food Safety News

JANUARY 29, 2024

A food safety barometer in Belgium has found improvements in the country during the past decade. The purpose is to measure food safety and enable evidence-based risk management and policy decisions. It consists of 30 indicators that cover various aspects of food safety from farm to fork.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

22, 2018, to Aug. The FDA continues to work to find out what retailers may have received recalled fruit associated with this outbreak. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) Samples from sick people were collected from Aug. 16, this year. Symptoms are listed below.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) Under Secretary for Food Safety. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in August 2018. I know, I am just a lawyer, but don’t ya think that when food with animal feces (and a dash of E.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Cooperstown Cheese Company LLC Milford, NY A food firm in New York is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

Proposition 12 was passed by California voters in 2018 as a ballot initiative. FDA Foods Program Announces Priorities : On January 31, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a list of guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program to complete before February 2022.

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AUGUST 16, 2023

And, why does the FDA consider Salmonella an adulterant in all foods and the USDA/FSIS does not? According to the FDA , “[p]athogenic bacteria (e.g., Salmonella or Listeria monocytogenes) are considered adulterants in both human and animal food. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec.

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Agroknow

JUNE 4, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 2020 Leafy Greens Action Plan was deployed, utilizing sophisticated technologies such as blockchain and machine learning to ensure that people don’t get sick from salad greens. A Food Safety Tech article by Deane Falcone gives an excellent introduction to the problem. coli in the U.S.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 11, 2024

The reorganization of the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods program began in 2023 with the appointment of Jim Jones to be the agency’s first-ever deputy commissioner for human foods. He says that will strengthen the FDA’s field-based oversight program. residents since the beginning of the 20th Century and longer.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2021

EPA, FDA, and USDA Renew Food Wase Reduction Plan : On December 17, 2020, three U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and U.S. Administrative Developments. agencies: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), U.S. The renewed agreement has a three-year term.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Colbert’s lawyer, Bill Marler, based in Washington and focused exclusively on food safety cases, is representing the Lambert family and several others, including Zachary Nitz. Food and Drug Administration has not done more. The FDA has called livestock a “persistent reservoir” of E. since the start of 2018.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The FDA has issued a general warning and a specific warning letter regarding the use of probiotics in pre-term infants. Some products have been linked with more than two dozen reported “adverse events” since 2018 and one death in 2023, the agency said. The company agreed to discontinue sales of the product, the FDA said.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The National Chicken Council had to wait for 5 and a half years to learn that USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service had denied a request about using surplus broiler eggs. The NCC petitioned FSIS on May 8, 2018, requesting that the USDA agency coordinate with the U.S. 3, 2023, the FSIS also denied the NCC petition.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 6, 2024

He is known as “The Glove Guy” for his food safety leadership. In a recent open letter to the glove industry, “The Glove Guy” called on his colleagues to stop selling vinyl gloves because of long-term contamination issues of phthalates to food and glove wearers.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 31, 2024

22, 2018, to Aug. 23, 2023, the FDA collected a sample of HMC Farms peaches for testing and found Listeria. Then, finding a match between contaminated food and a patient sample reveals the source of an outbreak. (To To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) 16, 2023. “On

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Food safety and product quality remain our highest priorities, and we remain dedicated to being transparent and socially responsible.” NCA cites its recent litigation in California and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) statement to CR as evidence that chocolate is okay.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The FDA recommends that consumers and businesses not eat, sell, or serve recalled peaches, plums, or nectarines. 22, 2018, to Aug. 23, 2023, the FDA collected samples of 2-pound bagged peaches at The HMC Group Cold Storage Inc. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) 15 this year.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

— OPINION — In the aftermath of the groundbreaking plea agreement with Family Dollar Stores LLC, entailing a fine and forfeiture totaling $41.675 million for storing food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics in unsanitary conditions, we are starkly reminded of the imperative for stringent regulatory enforcement within the domain of food safety.

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FMT Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In a significant recognition of excellence in the field of food safety, Dr. Umesh Kamble, the visionary leader at F2F Corporate Consultants Private Limited, has been awarded the esteemed AFSTI-FSSAI Award 2023. Collaborating with FDA Maharashtra, his reach has impacted regions such as Mumbai, Solapur, Satara, Sangli, and more.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The FDA has identified peaches, plums and nectarines as the likely source of a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes , leading to a voluntary recall by HMC Farms. The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, have been investigating the outbreak as new matching cases have been identified over the past several years.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 23, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to Discover Fresh Foods, LLC of Greenville, SC, a manufacturer of refrigerated ready-to-eat (RTE) dips and spreads. FDA laboratory analysis of sample #1242488 also found three (3) out of the 99 swabs were positive for Listeria innocua (L. USDA FSIS notified FDA L. monocytogenes. monocytogenes.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 20, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a California seafood processor who makes ready-to-eat (RTE) salmon and tuna. As part of the inspection, FDA conducted sampling and analysis of the environmental samples (1195789 and 1239088) confirmed that thirty-four (34) of one hundred (100) environmental swabs were positive for pathogenic L.

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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 28, 2023

Less a snapshot of where we have been, this report is a helpful guide to where we are going and how best the industry will achieve compliance to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by January 20, 2026. Traceability Challenges in a Global Food Supply Chain Traceability is a common goal in all industries. 2018, January).

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JUNE 11, 2024

“It’s one of these things where we maybe don’t appreciate the benefits, we just take them for granted now, because HACCP is so ingrained in how we produce food,” said Alice Johnson, vice president of food safety and quality at Butterball Turkey LLC. Then came the 2011 FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.

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