Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

On Tuesday, the FDA announced a suspect in the WanaBana cinnamon-applesauce pouch contamination investigation. The FDA noted that it has limited authority over foreign ingredient suppliers who do not directly ship product to the U.S. Thus, the FDA cannot take direct action with Negasmart or Carlos Aguilera.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2024

As of January 16, 2024, FDA has received 89 confirmed complaints/reports of adverse events potentially linked to recalled product. To date, confirmed complainants, or people for whom a complaint or adverse event was submitted and met FDA’s complainant definition, are between zero and 53 years of age and the median age is one year old.

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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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Food Safety News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In addition to extremely high levels of lead, the FDA has found elevated levels of chromium in cinnamon applesauce products marketed for children. Additional testing by the FDA has found excessive chromium levels in samples of the cinnamon applesauce and the cinnamon used to make it. Chromium is a naturally occurring element.

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

As of February 13, 2024, FDA has not received any additional confirmed complaints/reports of adverse events potentially linked to recalled product. CDC’s case definition for state partners includes a blood lead level of 3.5 CDC and FDA have different data sources, so the counts reported by each agency will not directly correspond.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 4, 2024

From the FDA: As of January 2, 2024, FDA has not received any new complaints/reports of adverse events potentially linked to recalled product. CDC’s case definition for state partners includes a blood lead level of 3.5 CDC and FDA have different data sources, so the counts reported by each agency will not directly correspond.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 27, 2023

To date, confirmed complainants, or people for whom a complaint or adverse event was submitted and met the FDA’s complainant definition, are from less than 1 to 53 years of age. The CDC’s case definition for state partners includes a blood lead level of 3.5 The FDA has found, as of Dec.

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Bill Marler

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

MARCH 1, 2024

FDA issued an update on lead contaminated applesauce. FDA’s investigation is ongoing. Current Update February 29, 2024 After additional analysis of the cinnamon collected from the manufacturer in Ecuador (Austrofoods), FDA has confirmed that the lead and chromium previously detected in the cinnamon are from lead chromate.

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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. The first just one day after an FDA inspection in 2019 in addition to five other environmental samples between 2019 and 2021.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. 16, 2023, warning letter the FDA described a June to August 2023, review of Discover CBD and Strain Snobswebsite at the internet addresses “discovercbd.com” and “www.activecbdoil.com.” Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

FDA will update the U.S. The FDA has received reports that the recalled applesauce is still on shelves at Dollar Tree stores. Working together with Ecuadorian authorities, the FDA has confirmed that, of Negasmart’s direct customers, only Austrofoods ships product to the US.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 9, 2023

5, the FDA said it has received reports of 64 children under age 6 who have suffered “adverse events” linked to the tainted cinnamon applesauce pouches. The FDA said its count is based on self-reported information submitted by health-care providers, consumers and some state partners. As of Dec. Ingredient sample collection is underway.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 31, 2024

Chromium and Lead in Applesauce has impacted over 400 in the US As of January 30, 2024, the FDA has reported a total Complaint/Adverse Event Report: 90. CDC’s case definition for state partners includes a blood lead level of 3.5 Data updated on January 26, 2024.CDC

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Food Safety Magazine

JULY 31, 2024

FDA recently asserted that available scientific evidence “does not demonstrate that levels of microplastics or nanoplastics detected in foods pose a risk to human health.” However, the agency acknowledges the current science is limited by a lack of standard definitions or methods.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The FDA has issued a general warning and a specific warning letter regarding the use of probiotics in pre-term infants. The FDA reports there is “conflicting data” about safety and effectiveness of probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis. The company agreed to discontinue sales of the product, the FDA said.

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Bill Marler

MAY 3, 2022

and the FDA has initiated an investigation. The FDA approached the issue a bit more obliquely, noting that there has not been found a pathogen or cause of the illness (now numbering 446 ‘adverse event reports’) linked to “Dry Cereal.”. Now there are reports of over 6,400 sick. Patrick’s Day. ”.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Califf, FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs Last month was the first anniversary of the White House Conference and National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The FDA continues to make significant progress in our nutrition efforts, which can help combat the diet-related disease epidemic. By: Robert M.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 26, 2023

To date, confirmed complainants, or people for whom a complaint or adverse event was submitted and met the FDA’s complainant definition, are from less than 1 to 53 years of age. The CDC’s case definition for state partners includes a blood lead level of 3.5 The FDA has found, as of Dec.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 13, 2023

FDA is conducting an onsite inspection at the Austrofoods facility located in Ecuador. FDA will update this advisory to share the sample results once the analysis is complete. Working together with Ecuadorian authorities, the FDA has confirmed that, of Negasmart’s direct customers, only Austrofoods ships product to the US.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

These Wisconsin cases were found to have genetic fingerprints that matched each other, which was an essentially definitive signal to investigating epidemiologists that the cases of illness had a common source. The client was, therefore, definitively included as a confirmed case in this ten-state cluster of E. coli outbreaks.

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Food Safety Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was investigating a grower of interest in Washington state, the agency has been unable to definitively implicate a grower in the Escherichia coli outbreak linked to onions supplied by Taylor Farms and served at McDonald’s. Although the U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Many people don’t realize POS systems are IoT, but if it's connected to a network, it's the definition of IoT. You can even set up a system to feed this data into automated compliance reports, especially important for perishables (and to the FDA). Mobile POS. Self-Service Sales Kiosks. End-to-End Asset Tracking.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 4, 2020

Enforce food safety laws – Congress should ensure that the USDA, EPA and the FDA enforce laws that keep our food supply safe, especially environmental laws that protect farm workers from pesticides and protect our drinking water supplies and laws that limit line speeds in meat and poultry processing.

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FMT Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2024

FDA updated its definition of “healthy” foods and allowed some tea products to enter the list. So, this was the reason to update the healthy label criteria by the FDA. Peter Googi (President of the Tea Council of the USA) was impressed by this FDA’s recognition.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

State health departments receive reports of potential cases from various sources, and then follow up to determine whether the case definition is met. 27 the FDA was reporting that its patient count was holding steady at 90. The FDA and CDC use different ways of tracking patients, so there may be some overlap with the counts.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 16, 2023

And, why does the FDA consider Salmonella an adulterant in all foods and the USDA/FSIS does not? According to the FDA , “[p]athogenic bacteria (e.g., According to the latest tri-agency (CDC, FDA, FSIS) report (published in November 2022), 23.2% FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

2011) (“[A]n agency ‘is required to at least definitively respond to. [a] 2011) (applying 5 USC § 555(b) to an FDA citizen’s petition); Fund for Animals v. 2011) citing 5 USC §§553(e), 555(b), and concluding “an agency is required to at least definitively respond to…[a] petition”). [5] Interior , 794 F.Supp.2d 2d 535,540 (S.D.N.Y

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Bill Marler

APRIL 9, 2020

Well, that certainly starts things off on a definitive note. You’ve discussed the lack of transparency by both the food industry and FDA. When we learn about how many outbreaks we don’t know about, that FDA and CDC don’t tells us about, it skews consumers’ thoughts about whether or not the product is safe.

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Food Quality & Safety

DECEMBER 28, 2023

FDA is providing additional context about the amount of lead in testing results from cinnamon used as an ingredient in the recalled applesauce pouches and in testing results of the recalled pouches. FDA tested samples of the cinnamon collected from the Austrofoods manufacturing facility in Ecuador and used in the recalled applesauce pouches.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

“There’s a definite connection between superfoods and our immune system,” said Tara Gidus Collingwood, founder of Diet Diva, a nutrition consulting company that advises restaurants, senior executives and professional athletes across the U.S. It has resulted in a huge shift in dining consciousness. Sanitation.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 26, 2024

FDA published a webpage to share their current thinking on the topic. This is due to several factors, including a continued lack of standardized definitions, reference materials, sample collection and preparation procedures, and appropriate quality controls, to name a few.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

The FDA issued the first CORE (Coordinated Outbreak Response & Evaluation Network) annual report summarizing the investigations of foodborne outbreaks and adverse events in FDA-regulated human foods for the 2022 calendar year. FDA published a strategy summary to prevent Listeria from Enoki mushrooms. LINK to report.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The court stated that: “The presence of salmonellae on meat does not constitute adulteration within this definition [of ‘adulterated,’ provided in 21 U.S.C. ¬ß Another odd governmental fact is that the FDA does not seem to make a distinction between pathogens it considers adulterants or not. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

FDA and CDC provided an update on lead contamination issue in cinnamon apple sauce imported from Ecuador. The FDA has limited authority over foreign ingredient suppliers who do not directly ship product to the U.S. Thus, the FDA cannot take direct action with Negasmart or Carlos Aguilera.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Another odd governmental fact is that the FDA does not seem to make a distinction between pathogens it considers adulterants or not. FDA’s enabling legislation – Sec. The court stated that: “The presence of salmonellae on meat does not constitute adulteration within this definition [of ‘adulterated,’ provided in 21 U.S.C. §

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