FoodInsight

JANUARY 30, 2025

Between August 2021 and August 2023 , two in five (40.3%) American adults had obesity, and nearly one in ten (9.4%) had severe obesity (BMI 40). A Trip Down Memory Lane Weight loss medications have been part of medical history since the FDA approved the first one in 1947. Over the past few decades, obesity rates have surged.

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Forward Fooding

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

As Ozempic transforms the way we manage weight and nutrition, the food industry is facing an unprecedented challenge—how to keep up with consumers who are eating differently. This shift is pushing companies to explore new frontiers in health-focused, personalized nutrition. The food industry is undeniably in for a major transformation.

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Forward Fooding

MAY 29, 2024

Hybrid meats offer a suite of solutions: meatier taste and texture, better nutrition, lower emissions, reduced meat consumption, and lower cost than cultivated meat. Instead, they are added to boost nutritional content, lower carbon emissions, and decrease meat consumption. But will it live up to its promise? in 2022 to USD$6.4B

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Food Safety Tech

JUNE 10, 2024

Indeed, so many Americans expect supplements to do most of the heavy nutritional lifting in their diets that “substitute” might be a more accurate name. To ignore those limits is to run the significant risk of receiving a warning letter from FDA. The third type of permissible claim is an FDA-approved health claim.

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FoodInsight

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the lead U.S. Initiatives like FDAs Closer To Zero program are actively working to reduce exposure to cadmium and other heavy metals for all ages. The FDA has a temporary intake guideline of 0.210.36 The FDA identifies effects on kidney and bone as the most sensitive areas impacted.

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FoodInsight

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the lead U.S. Initiatives like FDAs Closer To Zero program are actively working to reduce exposure to arsenic and other heavy metals for all ages. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the lead U.S. Agency for protecting the public from overexposure to arsenic in food.

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 23, 2024

The government, particularly through agencies like the FDA, USDA, EPA, and CDC, plays a critical role in establishing and enforcing food safety standards. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Food Safety System The U.S. The Effectiveness of U.S. Food Safety Laws The U.S.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to McClure’s Lancaster Old Fashioned, LLC, a processor of ready-to-eat (RTE) bakery products located in Bowmansville, PA, 17507. However, FDA expects food manufacturers to follow the CGMP and PC rule to prevent the unintentional incorporation of allergens into foods which are not formulated to contain them.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 15, 2022

Between September 1, 2019 and September 20, 2021, Abbott Nutrition received seventeen consumer complaints regarding multiple Similac powdered formula products. APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR. The complaint was reviewed by an internal Abbott Nutrition Medical Team.

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Forward Fooding

JANUARY 13, 2025

2021: Made headlines after securing $300M in a Series C round led by Fidelity, valuing the company at $2.3Bthe highest for an indoor farm startup. Closed down its Netherlands facility, which was part of its Protifarm acquisition in 2021 , laying off thirty-five employees Laid off 38 other roles in its Paris headquarters.

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Food Quality & Safety

MARCH 22, 2024

Food is the single largest category of material placed in municipal landfills, according to FDA research. of the global population) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021, according to the United Nations. Lost money resulting from food waste pushes up the price of food at each space along the supply chain. Environmental.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 30, 2022

How confident should we feel with this waring from the FDA: “those seeking access [to the formula] should consult with their healthcare provider in considering whether the benefit of consuming such product outweighs the potential risk of bacterial infection in the user’s particular circumstances.”.

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Bill Marler

JUNE 2, 2022

HHS, OIG posted this morning: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to safeguard the Nation’s food supply, including infant formula, and ensure that all ingredients are safe. Food and Drug Administration. Food and Drug Administration’s Actions Regarding the Abbott Infant Formula Recall.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 22, 2022

FDA Inspections of Abbott 2019, 2021 and 2022. The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners are investigating consumer complaints and/or reports of infant illness related to products from Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, MI facility. 20-24, 2021 , and Jan. It is reportable in Minnesota. 16-24, 2019 , Sept.

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Bill Marler

JUNE 22, 2022

The FDA apparently became aware of the death on June 10, 2020. So far, the FDA has received 129 complaints linked to Abbott formula products, including 119 since the product recall in February. According to the FDA, this would bring the total to five illnesses with three deaths. Attorney sued Abbott and several employees.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 28, 2022

Here is the most recent inspection report at the plant – APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR. The disclosure document was sent to top food safety officials and other leaders at FDA in October 2021. For Abbott, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking infant formula.

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Bill Marler

MAY 17, 2022

According to the CDC and FDA, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking Abbott infant formula. Under the proposed consent decree, Abbott Nutrition will be required to retain an independent expert to review the Sturgis facility’s operations to ensure compliance with the law. Abbott denies the connection.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Mead Johnson Nutrition (Reckitt), and Perrigo Wisconsin, LLC. According to the FDA, this action is occurring within the context of its ongoing commitment to enhance regulatory oversight and reflects the agency’s determination to ensure optimal conditions for producing infant formula. 30, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Dec.

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Bill Marler

MAY 14, 2022

This week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Parents of all four infants reported having fed their children formula produced by Abbott Nutrition before they became ill.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 28, 2022

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today submitted for the record a report acquired from a whistleblower who worked at the Abbott facility which produces infant formula recalled by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February. Below are Chair DeLauro’s remarks.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 29, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that Bravo Packing, Inc., The food we give our pets should be safe for them to eat and safe for people to handle,” said Steven Solomon, DVM, MPH, director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine. Hillman between the FDA and Bravo Packing, Inc.,

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

United State illnesses occurred between 9/6/2021 – 12/18/2021 – First recall 2/17/22. FDA: Findings to date include several positive Cronobacter results from environmental samples taken by FDA at Abbott in Sturgis, Michigan facility. FDA: Abbott destroyed product due to the presence of Cronobacter sakazakii.

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Why was the first illness on September 16, 2021, but the first recall not until February 20, 2022? According to the CDC, on February 10, 2022, CDC was notified of FDA’s investigation of consumer complaints of infant illness related to products from Abbott Nutrition in Sturgis, Michigan. No recall was initiated. and Israel.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The FDA has released extensive information about the status of its work to improve its monitoring of infant formula production and its handling of complaints about the safety of formula. In response to those congressional demands, the FDA has stepped up inspection of infant formula production. 1, 2022, through Sept.

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Bill Marler

MAY 28, 2022

FDA officials were pressed about the failure of leadership and disorganization of the recall by Abbott Nutrition. The FDA refused to take food safety seriously and now the most vulnerable are at risk. Abbott received 17 consumer complaints between 2019 and 2021. This week there were three hearings in Washington D.C.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In response to the infant formula supply crisis in 2022 and the deadly infections that led to it, the FDA has updated its infant formula compliance program. An outbreak of Cronobacter infections in five infants, two of whom died, started in the fall of 2021 and stretched into early 2022.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 24, 2022

The FDA is advising consumers not to use recalled Similac, Alimentum, or EleCare powdered infant formulas. Abbott Nutrition has recalled Similac PM 60/40 with a lot code 27032K80 (can) / 27032K800 (case). What we know: There have been four sick with two dead from Cronobacter sakazakii.

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MAY 24, 2022

Now the House and Senate are set to ask questions of the Industry and FDA about how the outbreak happened and how it impacted the supply of infant formula. Here is a preview of the FDA’s position See full testimony – FDA Testimony ECOI Infant Formula 5.25.2022 final : TESTIMONY OF. CALIFF, M.D. COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

Recently, FDA inspected a Berkley California operation, Living Tree Community Foods, Inc. FDA Warning Letter [link] Living Tree Community Foods, Inc. At the conclusion of the inspection FDA issued a Form FDA 483, Inspectional Observations, listing the deviations found at your facility. But is that enough? 331(d), 355(a)].

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Bill Marler

APRIL 9, 2022

Dr. Betters agreed with nephrology’s recommendation to start Makayla on nutritional support with TPN [12] plus intralipids (IL), with a plan to wean her off intravenous fluids once those were well established. Makayla had been exhibiting elevated potassium levels on TPN, so nutritional adjustments were made.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 30, 2021

California Passes COVID-19 Supplemental Sick Leave : On March 19, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 95 providing a new form of COVID-19 related paid sick leave for many California workers. The law will remain in effect through September 30, 2021. percent, which would allow Kombucha to contain up to 1.25

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