FMT Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, has taken stern action against Food Business Operators (FBOs) found to be violating food safety laws. Any non-compliance may result in strict action against the violating FBOs.

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MARCH 10, 2024

Camino, CA The FDA has warned a juice processing company in California about serious violations of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point regulation, and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. 30 warning letter, the FDA described Nov.

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Food Safety Tech

JUNE 27, 2023

Food safety is set to gain national prominence with the release of “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food.” The film premiered on June 9 at the Tribeca film festival and will launch on Netflix in Fall 2023. This is an opportunity for food safety professionals to understand the legacy of the E.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

Houston, TX A food firm in Texas is on notice from the FDA of severe violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. 5, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described an Aug. 7-15, 2023, inspection of US Gulf Coast Trading Co.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Louis, MO 63132 on May 2 through 24, 2023. FDA investigators found serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (CGMP & PC rule), Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, part 117 (21 CFR part 117).

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Food Quality & Safety

AUGUST 21, 2023

No one entity can protect food safety on its own. In FSMA, FDA clearly stated that the role of industry is to produce safe foods. Ensuring that food is safe requires a collaborative approach; government, industry, and consumers must work together to achieve the common goal of protecting public health.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

APRIL 3, 2024

([link] and found that they were not producing foods to the required food safety standards. Living Tree Community Foods, Inc, a Berkeley, CA processes organic seeds and tree nuts into ready to eat (RTE) organic seed and nut butters as well as repacks a variety of RTE and non RTE food products.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Singapore has relocated its national reference laboratory for food science and held a roundtable on novel food regulations. The National Centre for Food Science (NCFS) is the scientific arm of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the new site was officially opened at the end of October.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

A food firm in California is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food regulation. 7, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Feb. 16, 2023, through April 6, 2023, inspection of Oceanitan, Inc.’s

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A toned-down version of a major operation targeting unsafe food has revealed the growing problem of relabeling expired food. Opson Europe, or Opson XII, was coordinated by Europol and occurred between December 2022 and April 2023. In the past, Operation Opson has also involved Interpol.

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Food Safety Tech

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It provides procedures, practices and processes to meet requirements in the acidified foods regulations and to meet requirements under the preventive controls for human foods rule. Stakeholders can submit comments on the new chapters at Regulations.gov (Docket No. FDA-2016-D-2343).

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AUGUST 13, 2023

Trenton, NJ A food firm in New Jersey 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. In a June 21, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Jan. s pasta manufacturing facility in Trenton, NJ.

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MARCH 11, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration is requesting 7.4 1, 2023, and runs through Sept. A small part of the FDA’s $702 billion request would go toward food safety. That aligns with some of the goals set by Jim Jones, the first-ever Deputy Commissioner for Human Food Programs. 30 this year.

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FMT Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stated that there should not be any nutritional info on the label of an alcoholic beverage. The food regulator has notified amended regulations, in this regard, stating that except energy content, the label should not carry any nutritional info.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

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. Thereafter on July 18, 2023, the same residues were observed on these tables.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 3, 2024

7, 2023 warning letter, the FDA told the bakery owner that the agency has determined that your recalled “Our Family” brand White Hot Dog Enriched Buns (8 count, 12oz. 9, 2023, and March 20, 2023, were misbranded within the meaning of section 403(w) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) [21 U.S.C. §

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FMT Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

The apex food safety standards regulator of the country, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), under the administration of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, has verified the cheese used by McDonald’s India as 100% real cheese.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Personal hygiene issues - did not take reasonable measures and precautions to ensure all persons working in direct contact with food, food-contact surfaces, and food-packaging materials conform to hygienic practices while on duty to the extent necessary to protect again contamination of food, as required by 21 CFR 117.10(b).

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FMT Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

NSF, the global leading public health and safety organization, recently celebrated its 15th anniversary of operating in India and the APAC region. In 2022, it launched the HACCP Compliance Verified (HCV)-India program, a registration program for food equipment manufactured in the country based on India’s legal requirements and standards.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

AUGUST 4, 2023

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a pretty small NJ Italian Food company who did not have a Food Safety Plan. There continues to be issues involving small food companies that have yet to address FSMA regulations. link] Porfirios Italian Foods, Inc. Many may feel that they are flying under the radar.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Greenland, NH A food firm in New Hampshire 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. In an April 17, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Dec. 12, 2022, to Jan. Specifically, on Dec.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

FDA Warning Letter [link] STC India Private Limited MARCS-CMS 661775 — JULY 21, 2023 Recipient: Mr. Bhavya P. We received your additional response on February 5, 2023 which included your revised product labels. Your February 2 response included a revised Food Safety Plan and Preventive Control Plan dated January 19, 2023.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

The company did not conduct a reanalysis of your food safety plan when needed after Ground Organic Parsley, lot # 62868 and lot # 63196, tested positive for the pesticide Chlorpyrifos ((b)(4)). Raju: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your ready-to-eat (RTE) spice facility, located at 12101 Moya Blvd.,

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

To make the long notice short [I really don't want to type this one out], the firm operated as if they had no knowledge of regulations. There was no food safety plan, and with that, no controls for allergens, environmental pathogens, etc. However, you did not have a food safety plan with any of the required elements.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a low acid canned food (LACF) facility, located on Huarong County, Yueyang, Hunan, China. Did not process a food in conformity with at least the scheduled process filed with FDA as required by 21 CFR 108.35 Xia Wang: The U.S. Your significant violations are as follows: 1.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Also, "the process controls did not include, as appropriate to the nature of the applicable control and its role in the facility's food safety system, parameters associated with the control of a hazard, as required by 21 CFR 117.135(c)(1)(i)" [link] Waiakea Bottling Inc.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 27, 2024

On July 26, 2023, you were observed taking only a single temperature during the cooking step for a batch of clam chowder which was observed to be (b)(4); however, you did not continue to measure the temperature for a period of (b)(4) to ensure that the clam chowder stayed at (b)(4) to ensure pathogen reduction as required by your HACCP plan.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

APRIL 26, 2024

O’Donnell: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your seafood processing facility located at 4481 Johnston Parkway, Cleveland Ohio from July 10 to July 25, 2023. You provided a written response to the inspection on August 11, 2023, which included corrective actions taken by your firm.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 13, 2024

A summary of the events: On September 12, 2023, the firm recalled Knickerbocker Homestyle Hamburger Buns after the firm discovered that the product contained milk, but the printed package did not contain an allergen statement or ingredient declaration for milk. The message here, respond to FDA requests.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The firm recalled “Our Family” brand White Hot Dog Enriched Buns on March 21, 2023 after it was discovered that the product contained sesame, but the printed packaging did not declare sesame. The owner indicated that the firm reformulated “Our Family” brand White Hot Dog Enriched Buns in January 2023 by adding sesame to the formulation.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The company initially issued a recall on October 30, 2023 , and then e xpanded the recall on November 13, 2023 to include additional brands of product. Foreign manufacturers must be in compliance with Preventive Controls for Human Foods regulations. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Ste 113, Ankeny, IA 50023-1802, on December 11-13, 2023. The inspection determined there were significant violations of the Acidified Foods regulation [Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 114 (21 CFR Part 114)] and Emergency Permit Control regulation [Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 108 (21 CFR Part 108)].

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AUGUST 15, 2024

General Enriquez, Tanicuchi Lote 8 171104 Quito, Pichincha Ecuador francisco@wanabanafruits.com Issuing Office: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) United States August 9, 2024 WARNING LETTER Reference #679052 Dear Mr. Peña: Beginning in October 2023, the U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2024

California has a Cannery Program that establishes requirements for California facilities that package both both low acid and acidified foods in sealed containers. link] How is this different than FDA Acidified or Low Acid Canned food regulations? In 2023, CADPH issued a warning for pickled items for a botulism risk.

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JULY 23, 2024

According to the report, FDA laboratory analysis of environmental sample #1242488 collected on December 13, 2023, found that three (3) out of the 99 total environmental swabs were positive for L. monocytogenes isolates obtained from FDA environmental sample 124288 in 2023; four (4) L. monocytogenes. monocytogenes.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Findings: "HACCP / HARPC Plan Q2-2023 dated 25 April 2023 lists the following Critical Limits identified at the Pasteurization Critical Control Point (CCP) (b)(4) limit). Barsotti: We inspected your juice processing facility, located at 2239 Hidden Valley Lane, Camino, CA on November 20, November 21 and December 1, 2023.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2023

MARCS-CMS 659181 — SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 Recipient: Mr. Craig A. Friedman: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspected your ready-to-eat (RTE) bakery products manufacturing facility located at 283 Thompson Avenue, Louisville, KY 40206 from February 27 through March 13, 2023. [link] Desserts by Helen, Inc.

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