FDA Publishes Supplement to 2022 Food Code
Food Safety Magazine
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the 2022 Food Code based on expert recommendations. In a new supplement, the U.S.
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Key Takeaways from the 2022 FDA Food Code
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 13, 2023
In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. FDA is responsible for more than a quarter of the U.S. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. Let’s examine the key new provisions of the 2022 Food Code. goes uneaten.
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No one asked my opinion of FDA organization, but that seldom stops me
Bill Marler
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
Some might have heard that the FDA Commissioner has instituted a review on how the FDA, and it’s Food Safety arms or organized. Setting aside that it might be a good idea to create a single food safety agency with all the parts of USDA and FDA, etc., Any brilliant ideas? Any brilliant ideas?
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Food Safety Five Ep. 2: How Budget Constraints May Influence FDA Food Chemical Safety Work
Food Safety Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
This Food Safety Five Newsreel episode covers recent news updates from FDA, including the release of a supplement to the 2022 Food Code , as well as the agency’s Human Foods Program priorities for 2025, and how budget constraints might influence its chemical safety work.
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FDA Issues Supplement to the 2022 Food Code - What Has Changed?
Penn State Food Safety Blog
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
The FDA issued a supplement to the 2022 Food Code. A detailed listing of the changes are found on the FDA website [link] I provided some detail on each of these changes. It embodies a preventive rather than reactive approach to FOOD safety through a continuous system of monitoring and verification.
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Damn, I made Food Safety Talk 259: No Bill, You Pay Us
Bill Marler
APRIL 4, 2022
Food Safety Talk 259: No Bill, You Pay Us. April 4, 2022. The guys are joined by friend of the show and food safety lawyer Bill Marler, for his second time on the show (but first in 8 years). The discussion goes to the importance and power of linking food safety to those who have been victims of foodborne illness.
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FDA review panel picked to help fix FDA
Bill Marler
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
The Reagan-Udall Foundation today announced five members of an Independent Expert Panel who will conduct the operational evaluation of the Food and Drug Administration’s human foods program. Dr. Jane Henney, former FDA Commissioner, was named as Chair of the panel last month.
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FDA Commissioner names EPA insider to agency’s top food safety post
Food Safety News
AUGUST 23, 2023
EPA’s James “Jim” Jones was named Wednesday as the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. A Yiannas-Mayne rift was reported in 2022 that was so serious that they’d even argue about how food outbreaks should be investigated. Jones is scheduled to begin at the FDA on Sept. food supply. food supply.
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FDA Releases 2022 Annual Report on Investigations of Foodborne Outbreaks
Food Safety Tech
JANUARY 9, 2024
On January 8, the FDA Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation (CORE) Network released its first annual report summarizing the investigations of foodborne outbreaks and adverse events in FDA-regulated human foods for the 2022 calendar year. The investigations in 2022 included E. Read the full report here.
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Q1 2022 Legal Update
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 31, 2022
Recent opinions in favor of insurance companies include a March 16, 2022 unpublished Ninth Circuit pane opinion in Steven Baker v. The AG alleged that Grubhub’s listing of restaurants without their consent and charging higher prices for food than the restaurants charge on their own websites are deceptive and unfair trade practices.
Improving food safety at the FDA is the goal of a new broad-based coalition
Food Safety News
OCTOBER 26, 2023
The FDA Foods Coalition was announced Thursday in Washington, D.C., promising to put more pressure on the federal government for improved food safety. Since February 2022, when Dr. Robert M. Califf began his second tour as FDA Commissioner, all sorts of pressures have been applied for change.
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FDA Finds Food Fraud Affected Three Percent of Imported Honey Samples in 2022–2023
Food Safety Magazine
APRIL 9, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2022–2023 has revealed only 3 percent of samples to be violative. Results of sampling and testing of imported honey for signs of economically motivated adulteration conducted by the U.S.
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Highlights from the 2023 Food Safety Consortium
Food Safety Tech
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Last week, hundreds of food safety professionals, members of the FDA and USDA, and leaders in academia, food safety testing and cybersecurity met in Parsippany, New Jersey, for the 2023 Food Safety Consortium.
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Ensuring Food Safety from the farm to the table is crucial. How inspections and audits play a key role
Food Safety Tech
AUGUST 15, 2024
Food safety is an issue that is critical to millions of people’s health every year worldwide. Maintaining a high standard of hygiene is essential in preventing contamination and ensuring all people receive the safest quality food products every time. more events than were recorded in 2022. from 2022 to 2023.
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FDA reports 277 “Adverse Illness Events with 96 Hospitalizations due to Frozen Food, a.k.a., Daily Harvest
Bill Marler
JULY 14, 2022
Here is the latest from the FDA: Case Counts. Last illness onset: July 9, 2022*. Estimate based on Consumer Complaint and CAERs reports received by the FDA. Thank you also providing leftover product to both the lab we are using and the FDA as we search for the common contaminate that is causing these common symptoms.
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New Food Traceability Final Rule to Improve Food Safety, Expedite Recalls and Protect Public Health
Modern Restaurant Management
MARCH 31, 2023
If subjected to a food recall, would you be able to produce clear records delineating every touchpoint where the food was produced, harvested, processed or transformed, shipped, received, and used? How long would it take you to produce all that information when the FDA came calling?
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Food Safety During Food Delivery
Food Quality & Safety
APRIL 22, 2024
With the popularity of food delivery services and meal kits growing so quickly, however, food safety regulators have given little guidance regarding best practices for direct-to-consumer (DTC) or third-party delivery (TPD) services. Postal Service, UPS, FedEx, aren’t regulated by food safety agencies, says Donald W.
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On World Food Safety Day, Here’s How Internet of Things Solutions Can Help
Modern Restaurant Management
JUNE 7, 2023
In fact, the World Health Organization reports that on average, 1,600,000 people get sick each day due to unsafe food. That’s why World Food Safety Day aims to promote food safety globally and celebrate the efforts being made to prevent foodborne illness. trillion U.S.
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Is FDA creating a HACCP for Produce? Are assessment and mitigation going to create safer produce?
Bill Marler
DECEMBER 2, 2021
“HACCP: A systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control of food safety hazards.” – So says the FDA. The proposed rule is the latest action taken by the FDA to continue working towards implementation of key provisions of FSMA. related to produce, protecting public health and saving lives.
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FDA announces new Listeria outbreak
Food Safety News
JANUARY 26, 2024
Although they have not yet identified a source, investigators from the Food and Drug Administration have found 26 patients. The FDA has not reported where the patients live or their ages. The investigation appears to be in its beginning stages because the FDA has not yet begun traceback efforts or sampling or on-site inspections.
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Summary of Pesticides Found in U.S. Food Supply Based on FDA Monitoring in FY 2022
Food Safety Magazine
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA’s) Pesticide Monitoring Program Report for fiscal year (FY) 2022, including the rates of violative samples, imported versus domestic foods, and chemicals of concern. This article summarizes the results of the U.S.
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Blog Post May 2015 and News July 2022
Bill Marler
JULY 25, 2022
million in fines, forfeiture, and civil settlement payments was the second-largest amount ever paid in resolving a food safety matter. Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938 in reaction to growing public safety demands. The company agreed to pay criminal penalties totaling $17.5 The total $19.35
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Farms in Indiana implicated in recent cantaloupe outbreak, but FDA has not named them
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 melon farms were also linked to at least four previous outbreaks, including one in 2022. In the 2022 outbreak, 87 people were sickened, and 32 were admitted to hospitals.
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FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation Network reports on 2022 work
Food Safety News
JANUARY 10, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration’s CORE Network has just released its report on activities in 2022. The report from the Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation (CORE) Network outlines activities and actions from the work of the CORE team in 2022. The FDA has jurisdiction over about 80 percent of the U.S.
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Food recalls down but incidents up for Ireland in 2022
Food Safety News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The number of recalls declined in 2022, but there was a rise in food incidents, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI)’s annual report. In 2022, 77 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses by the FSAI and through other agencies. This represented a 59 percent rise from 2021 demands.
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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
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. Announced or Revised. Report Number(s). W-00-22-59472.
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FDA issues new compliance measures for infant formula testing and reporting
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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FDA updates on keeping seafood supply safe and healthy
Food Safety News
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring that the nation’s domestic and imported seafood supply is safe, sanitary, wholesome, and honestly labeled. The agency recently provided access to content about seafood, including fish and shellfish, from across the Food section of FDA.gov.
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FDA sends warning letters to infant formula manufacturers, unveils Cronobacter history in facilities
Food Safety News
AUGUST 31, 2023
Food and Drug Administration has escalated efforts to ensure the safety of infant formula production by issuing warning letters to three major manufacturers: ByHeart Inc., Despite these actions, the FDA does not advise parents and caregivers to avoid specific infant formulas. 30, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Dec.
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FDA reorganization is out for review, but impact later in 2024 could be huge
Food Safety News
JANUARY 21, 2024
The FDA’s largest reorganization in history, involving about 8,000 employees, is far more than just “moving some boxes around.” The proposed changes and updates to an FDA-wide reorganization plan have been out for external reviews and clearances since Dec. 17, 2022, ordered work to begin that May on the FDA-wide reorganization plan.
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FDA Clarifies “In-Shell Product” Definition and Requirements for Shellfish per 2022 Food Code
Food Safety Magazine
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a factsheet on the 2022 Food Code definition and requirements for “in-shell product,” which is a sub-category of molluscan shellfish that requires special parameters for safe handling.
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FDA Data Finds 3% of Imported Honey Adulterated
Food Safety Tech
APRIL 9, 2024
Recently published data from an FDA sampling assignment carried out in 2022 and 2023 to test imported honey for economically motivated adulteration (EMA) found that 3% of samples were adulterated. Between April 2022 and July 2023 , the agency collected 107 samples of imported honey and found three samples (3%) to be violative.
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Food Safety Culture Is the Key Ingredient To Prevent Foodborne Diseases
Food Safety Tech
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Similarly, food safety culture (FSC) is the solid foundation that enables organizations to ultimately minimize food safety risks. This is why the simple idea of food safety culture emerges to be a powerful concept in reducing the global burden of foodborne diseases. In short, food safety equals behavior.
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FDA Defends Revoking Authorizations for Most Phthalates; Remaining Uses Under Review
Food Safety Magazine
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has answered objections to a 2022 final rule revoking food contact uses of most phthalates, as well as objections to another petition urging FDA to revoke authorizations for all phthalate uses.
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FDA updates compliance program for infant formula investigators
Food Safety News
OCTOBER 9, 2023
In September 2022, the FDA released its internal evaluation of the infant formula response , which recommended that the agency review and update its infant formula compliance program to ensure that it reflected the latest science on Cronobacterand offered consistency and clarity on its inspection and compliance activities.
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Gov. Newsom shouldn’t wait for the FDA
Food Safety News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Food and Drug Administration had the resources to protect consumers from dangerous food chemicals like those banned by AB 418, the California Food Safety Act, a bill that Governor Newsom may sign into law at any moment. Unfortunately, we know the FDA will not protect us anytime soon. The FDA told us.
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Belgium shares benefits of food safety barometer
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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Stakeholder Input Sought in Evaluation of FDA Human Foods Program
Bill Marler
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
Comments received through the Stakeholder Portal will be shared with the Independent Expert Panel charged with generating the recommendations for FDA. On September 29-30 , the Reagan-Udall Foundation will facilitate a public meeting of the Independent Expert Panel on food.
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FDA, Leafy Green Industry, it is past time to get your s**t together
Bill Marler
AUGUST 24, 2022
It is 2022 and 16 years since the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak that was supposed to be the wake-up call for both the leafy green industry (beginning the the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement – LGMA) and what prompted the need for the Food Safety Modernization Act – FSMA). Was the food any safer this year as compared to last?
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Only Three U.S. States Have Adopted Most Recent Version of FDA Food Code
Food Safety Magazine
MAY 16, 2024
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its FDA Food Code Adoption Report, which states that, as of December 31, 2023, only three states and two territories have adopted the most recent version (2022).
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FDA revises organization, adds staff to address problems with infant formula
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. During a May 2022 congressional hearing, members of the U.S. 1, 2022, through Sept. According to the Dec.
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New FDA administrator says he is ready to cooperate to restructure the agency
Food Safety News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, Jim Jones, started his work yesterday and sent the below letter to colleagues. FDA Commissioner Robert Calif appointed Jones after the agency’s embarrassing turmoil over the lack of a clear chain of command on the food side of its responsibilities.
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Foreign Supplier Verification Program inspection of California import company leads to FDA warning
Food Safety News
SEPTEMBER 17, 2023
Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. DBA El Progreso Imports Vernon, CA An import company in California is on notice from the FDA for not having FSVPs for a number of imported food products. In a July 18, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Feb. 7-13, 2022, Feb. 6-12, 2019.
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FDA asks for $702 billion for the coming year
Food Safety News
MARCH 11, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration is requesting 7.4 The FDA’s request is less than 1 percent of President Biden’s proposed $7.3 The FDA requests an increase of $495 million above its current funding level. A small part of the FDA’s $702 billion request would go toward food safety. 30 this year.
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