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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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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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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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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There is no dispute that Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, with tara, caused a significant outbreak of acute liver failure according to both Daily Harvest and the FDA. Our investigation team will continue working with the FDA, the tara flour producer and others to help determine what specifically made people sick.”.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) – I do not recall a CDC post recently that included working with both the FSIS (regulates, Beef, Pork, Poultry and Catfish) and the FDA (regulates everything else). 30 Isolates Selected.

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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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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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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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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 19, 2025

The FDA is amending its color additive regulations to no longer allow for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 in food and ingested drugs in response to a 2022 color additive petition. 3 is a synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red color. The FDA estimates that FD&C Red No.

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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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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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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Here is what the FDA said in May 2020 : The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report on its investigation of the Salmonella Newport outbreak that caused more than 1,600 reported illnesses in the U.S. The FDA worked with the U.S. and Canada between June and October 2020.

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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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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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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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Food Safety News

MARCH 6, 2024

In response to the problem with elevated levels of lead in cinnamon in children’s applesauce and recalls of products in the fall of 2023, the FDA initiated a review of ground cinnamon and has issued warnings. During the review the Food and Drug Administration found elevated levels of lead in several products.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In response to the situation, the FDA initiated the development of a prevention strategy, with the draft released in November 2022. “At As more information becomes available, the FDA may add additional actions over time.” This is a new requirement mandated by Congress in the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022.

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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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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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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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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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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 Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the CORE 2022 Annual Report —the first report of its kind—summarizing the investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks and adverse events involving FDA-regulated foods conducted by the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Network.

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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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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 23, 2023

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. Jones is scheduled to begin at the FDA on September 24, 2023. I’m delighted to welcome Jim to the FDA. Califf, M.D.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Kirsten Paulsen began 2022 wanting to eat healthier and incorporate more vegetables into her diet. She found Daily Harvest, a food delivery company that touts easy to prep, plant-based meals, and signed up for regular shipments of smoothies, vegetable bowls and vegan ingredients to add to other dishes. She’s lost 30 pounds.

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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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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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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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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting the inspection at the Austrofoods facility located in Ecuador. FDA will update the U.S. The FDA has received reports that the recalled applesauce is still on shelves at Dollar Tree stores. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) As of Dec.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 17, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a cautionary advisory to consumers, urging them not to feed their pets specific lots of raw cat food and dog food produced by Arrow Reliance Inc.’s The FDA strongly advised Arrow Reliance Inc. The FDA also sent a Feb. 30, 2022 inspection of Arrow Reliance Inc.’s

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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 Safety Tech

JANUARY 30, 2024

The FDA has launched a new webpage listing food-related regulations that it plans to publish by October 2024 as well as longer-term regulations it is prioritizing for publication at a later date. The three long-term action items relate to color and food additives.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has been given months to years to correct problems. __ Wan-Gee Foods Inc. 9 warning letter to Wan-Gee Foods Inc. the Food and Drug Administration warned the company of violations of federal law.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to Food Safety News, the number of children affected by extremely high levels of lead in cinnamon applesauce pouches continues to grow, and some adults are now reported in the outbreak. The CDC and FDA have different data sources, so the counts reported by each agency will not directly correspond.

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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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Bill Marler

JULY 27, 2023

31, 2022, information from 2,900 patients with REPJFX01 infections had been reported to PulseNet. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The agency says it designates strains of bacteria as persistent when they are known to have caused illnesses over months or years. Sick people lived in all 50 states.

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