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House and Senate Oversight on Cronobacter and Infant Formula this week

Bill Marler

COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, FOOD POLICY AND RESPONSE. DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND APPLIED NUTRITION. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. Inspection of Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan, Facility. CALIFF, M.D. FRANK YIANNAS, M.P.H.

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OIG to determine whether FDA followed the inspections and recall process for infant formula in accordance with Federal requirements by 2023?

Bill Marler

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. Hey, OIG, see below, we need answers sooner and I will give you a head start.

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Key Takeaways from the 2022 FDA Food Code

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Many of the key changes in the 2022 Food Code relate to food allergens. The new Food Code specifically addresses food donations for the first time, which FDA says is part of the “Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.”

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FDA issues new compliance measures for infant formula testing and reporting

Food Safety News

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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Understanding the Costs of Unsafe Food

Food Safety Tech

This can lead to the spoilage of food products, which can cause foodborne illnesses (CDC, 2022) and result in economic losses for consumers, farmers and producers because food that requires refrigeration or freezing has to be thrown away after four hours if not kept at the recommended temperature (USDA, 2021). 2021, August 18).

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Top 5 Takeaways On Sodium: Insights, Impacts, & Innovations For Public Health

FoodInsight

Top 5 Takeaways On Sodium: Insights, Impacts, & Innovations For Public Health The antidote to dietary doldrums, salt, that unassuming crystalline ingredient that makes many foods taste better, is found widely in the food supply. For starters, sodium is an essential nutrient in human nutrition. In 2021, the U.S.

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Feeding the Future: AI’s Role in Sustainable AgriFoodTech Solutions

Forward Fooding

Making our food system more sustainable is imperative to mitigate the effects of climate change on food security and AI, in the AgriFoodTech sector can help us do just that. In April 2021, Trax raised $640M, in a Series E funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock, to expand its AI-driven technologies and solutions.