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. Catch up with you next time.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

One of the newly proposed rules by the FDA is the inclusion of an abbreviated version of the nutrition information (Nutrition Info Box) to be placed on the front of the package of most packaged foods. In addition, the FDA released a draft guidance (nonbinding recommendations) on the statement of identity of plant-based foods.

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The Restaurant Warehouse

APRIL 6, 2025

This guide provides a practical roadmap for aspiring home-based caterers, covering everything from essential equipment and food safety regulations to marketing strategies and financial management. Look into food safety courses accredited by your local health department or nationally recognized organizations like ServSafe.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In short, a natural flavor is a substance the purpose of which is simply to add flavor, which is extracted from a food through one of a certain number of processes. From this definition, they seem pretty natural to me.” Natural flavors are defined at 21 CFR 101.22(a)(3)

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 14, 2020

“We’ve stayed aggressive in terms of our grand opening plan, and it is has definitely paid off. As this year’s Steritech Excellence in Food Safety Award winner, Fazoli’s has maintained the highest standards when it comes to the health and safety of its guests and team members.

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Forward Fooding

DECEMBER 1, 2023

These affect and limit crop productivity, compromise nutritional quality, and logically, decrease global food security. For this reason, understanding and modifying genes could help us improve the yield of staple foods amid the climate crisis.

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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 5, 2024

The Connection Between Food Safety and Quality Care In healthcare settings, it’s easy to think of food service as a different sphere entirely from clinical care. Food is an important part of patient well-being. It provides nutrition and can aid in recovery from illnesses and surgeries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Their mission is to provide customers with an exceptional experience of fresh food and each of the group's restaurants are recognized primarily for the quality of their food and the efficiency of their service. "The Portuguese people love fresh food and the 'Eat Well.

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FMT Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2024

So, let us peel the layers of these food ingredients and learn the enchantment that adds to your plate. What Are Food Ingredients? In its developing form, a food ingredient is any composite food used in preparing, preserving, or seasoning food. They are the basics that, in combination, form a meal.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 30, 2024

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. CDC’s case definition for state partners includes a blood lead level of 3.5

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Food Safety Experts

JULY 12, 2023

We, as Food Safety Experts, investigated these recalls for our clients to determine if the MRL was exceeded and if the recall was justified or wrongly enforced by the authorities. 396/2005 for definitions, and these categories have been expanded. 2023/915 appeared first on Food Safety Experts. Regulation (EU) No.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 20, 2024

343(q)] in that the nutrition information (e.g., Nutrition Facts label) does not comply with the requirements in 21 CFR 101.9. The nutrients, including the vitamins and minerals, declared in the Nutrition Facts label (NFL) are not in accordance with 21 CFR 101.9(c), Your La Torta Bread (72 oz.), Telera (32 oz. and 61 oz.),

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

Note that preventive controls are subject to preventive control management components (monitoring, verification and corrective actions) as appropriate to ensure the effectiveness of the preventive controls, taking into account the nature of the preventive control and its role in the facility's food safety system (see 21 CFR § 117.140).

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

E ditor’s Note: With permission, Food Safety News today posts the 2023 Update on State Food Safety Legislature by Doug Farquhar, JD, Government Affairs Director for the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). The following table summarizes bills related to food safety introduced by state legislation in 2023.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 2, 2024

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspects all sausages in interstate commerce and all sausages that are exported to other countries. The nutrition facts information on the label can help consumers compare products and make more informed, healthy food choices. Who inspects sausages?

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Food safety interventions on farms, such as vaccines targeting harmful serotypes, have likely contributed to meaningful reductions in product contamination and human illness. If we do not receive a definitive response within 140 days, we will assume that you have denied our petition and proceed with judicial remedies. __. [1]

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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. Of 58 persons whose illnesses met the case definition 9 were hospitalized and 3 developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS).

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Bill Marler

MARCH 29, 2022

Today’s action marks the first consent decree of permanent injunction against an animal food manufacturer for violating public safety standards under Part 507 (Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) requirements) of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation.

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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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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

infantis (Bb-02) does not meet the definition of a dietary ingredient. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) . § 262(i)], because it is applicable to the prevention, treatment, or cure of a disease or condition of human beings. The FDA also said the ingredient B. Therefore, the ingredient B.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

Flavor were not declared on the label, and you stated that the Brown Sugar Powder and the (b)(4) ingredients meet the definition of “Natural Flavors” and are considered to be included as that on the label. If these ingredients do not meet the definition of natural flavor contained in 21 CFR § 101.22(a)(3), According to 21 CFR § 101.22(a)(3),

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MenuTrinfo

JANUARY 25, 2024

MenuTrinfo is a company dedicated to ensuring safe food services by providing allergen and nutritional information, as well as employee training and certification. This will give them accurate information regarding potential food allergies in their menu offerings, so they can inform their customers accordingly.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Inc of El Monte, CA a processor of Fresh Rice Noodle and Rice Stick Noodle food product. It is a huge Warning Letter, so in quick summary: Did not have a food safety plan with the required elements for any of the products manufactured at the facility. 343(q)] in that the nutrition information (e.g., Specifically: A.

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Bill Marler

MAY 24, 2022

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. We also notified Abbott Nutrition about this case. CALIFF, M.D. FRANK YIANNAS, M.P.H.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 9, 2022

Helena Bottemiller Evich’s well done piece in Politico “The FDA’s Food Failure,” that hit the internet very early this morning, is a stunning, but not surprising, indictment of our government’s food safety failures that transcends political parties and administrations. Dr. Bandla also ordered continued TPN/intralipids for now.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

The issue with this situation is that by regulation, canned coffee meets the definition of a low acid food unless it is acidified to the lower pH. With that, the processor of liquid canned coffee in the can has to file the process with FDA as part of the Low Acid Canned Food regulations (LACF). pH of coffee ranges widely).

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

So with that, a food safety plan would need to address Salmonella on the soybeans used to make the tofu, and then as a contaminant in the environment. From the report: "Food safety investigations revealed that seasoned tofu from the same manufacturer was served across all 14 restaurants. oz) and 500-g (17.6-oz)

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GFI

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Even though Vivek did not need to do any cold outreach to secure the project with Orbillion Bio, he definitely did his fair share to build an alternative protein network and identify the next step in his career path. That was definitely the most rewarding and the most challenging thing I’ve ever done.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The other from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) stated "Confidence in the safety of the food supply is down from last year (62%, down from 70% in 2022). Among multiple food safety issues, consumers are most concerned about carcinogens in food, foodborne illness from bacteria, and pesticides.

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