Bill Marler

MAY 21, 2022

Stephen Sundlof of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers that agency inspectors will start to routinely collect samples for bacterial testing whenever they go into a peanut butter manufacturing facility. “We Sundlof said the government is weighing whether to designate it as a high-risk food.

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Food Safety Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2025

FDA has released four new guidance documents to help industry comply with food labeling regulations concerning allergens and plant-based alternatives to animal foods, as well as food safety regulations for ready-to-eat (RTE), low-moisture foods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2020

Maybe the absolute last thing any restaurant wants to focus on are food safety regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Maybe the absolute last thing any restaurant wants to focus on are food safety regulations such as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

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Bill Marler

MAY 17, 2022

According to the CDC and FDA, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking Abbott infant formula. However, the resulting investigation and inspection (and whistleblower documents) uncovered enough problems in the Abbott facility to shutter it causing havoc with supplies of infant formula.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FDA has released its final food safety guidance for producers of sprouts, a food that has been linked to several outbreaks in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration has also released a revised draft of a second guidance document that includes a section on testing spent sprout irrigation water for pathogens.

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 28, 2024

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Santa Monica, CA A California food firm with a facility in Maryland is on notice from the FDA for unsanitary storing of ingredients that could contaminate food products. s animal food manufacturing facility in Baltimore, MD. Reconserve Inc.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

FSMA requires FDA to establish a voluntary, fee-based program for the expedited review and importation of foods from importers who achieve and maintain a high level of control over the safety and security of their supply chains. This guidance document is presented in question and answer format.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

The document is meant to be used in conjunction with instruction operators receive from authorities during their reopening phase-in. The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. Download the full guidance, here. Employee health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2024

Promoting a food safety culture in the restaurant industry requires a fundamental shift in mindset and practices. A recent survey revealed that only 49 percent of companies have a formal food safety culture plan, highlighting a critical gap that the foodservice industry must address.

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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. Here are a few notable statistics. more events than were recorded in 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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Bill Marler

APRIL 9, 2020

Quality Assurance and Food Safety Magazine. On one hand: “You have to recognize what an amazing job food production is doing in the world, especially in the U.S. Given the amount of people that we feed, the relative safety of the food supply is pretty amazing given how it has become more and more complex.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 27, 2019

According to the FDA , Sprouts Unlimited of Marion Iowa is recalling clover spouts in 4 oz packages because it may be contaminated with Escherichia coli O103 bacteria ( E. The affected batches of clover sprouts were distributed to Hy Vee Food stores, Fareway Food Stores and Jimmy John’s restaurants in Iowa. coli O103 ).

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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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Bill Marler

JANUARY 24, 2021

As reported by Food Safety News , in October 2009, The Larry King Show on CNN last night cast a pretty wide net in focusing on both food safety and whether or not people are better off not eating meat. MARLER: Well, whether or not the FDA would clamp down on that is I think to be seen. coli and hamburger.

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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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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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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. Formula Safety and Supply: Protecting the Health of America’s Babies – Wednesday, May 25 at 11am , House Energy and Commerce Committee. COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS.

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Food Safety Tech

JANUARY 23, 2024

We spoke with Sabo to learn more about his findings, how these tools can be utilized by public health agencies and the food industry and what’s next for AI/ML in food safety. Visual text analytics can scan inspection reports and analyze terms related to serious food safety violations.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Food and Drug Administration plans to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food. It’s been permitted in small amounts by the FDA. In 1970, the FDA determined BVO was no longer “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) and began overseeing its use under our food additive regulations.

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Bill Marler

MAY 10, 2022

These illnesses were ultimately linked by the CDC and FDA to the consumption of powdered infant formula produced by Abbott in its Sturgis, Michigan facility. So, how did Abbott and the FDA find themselves facing some grieving and many other thousands of scared and angry parents? It is a history of warning signs ignored.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Golden Natural Products Forest Hills, NY An import company in New York is on notice from the FDA for not having a Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) for a number of imported food products. In an Oct. American Distribution and Manufacturing Co.,

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. 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.

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Food Safety Tech

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The FDA has updated the CFSAN Online Submission Module (COSM) to improve communication for industry who send regulatory submissions to FDA’s Office of Food Additive Safety (OFAS). The form then guides users through developing and organizing the documents in the appropriate order for submission directly to OFAS.

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Food Safety Tech

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Everyone understands the importance of a robust food safety program. It should ensure the safety of the product and environment, backed by solid, traceable data. The food industry is vast, stretching from the farm all the way to our plates, and includes a diverse array of foods and drinks.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While everything feels overwhelming in the world, focus on these five solvable challenges: Prioritize a Food Safety Culture. With or without a pandemic, food safety culture is what you do when no one is looking. Invest in Software Solutions.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. food safety standards. The FDA has acknowledged receipt of the company’s written response, dated May 2, 2023.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are not uncommon where Kratom is involved. The tropical tree native to Southeast Asia is not approved for any medical use by the FDA but is often mentioned for one kind of caution or another. FDA has not approved kratom for sale in the U.S., Marshals involving the U.S.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance for industry titled “ Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for Release of Certain Fish and Fishery Products Subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) and Removal of a Foreign Manufacturer’s Goods from DWPE.”

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The FDA is withdrawing a 2022 guidance document titled Questions and Answers Regarding Channels of Trade Policy for Human Food Commodities with Chlorpyrifos Residues: Guidance for Industry , following a decision by the U.S.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

FDA issued the updated Appendix 1 of their Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food: Draft Guidance for Industry document. The document can be found here. of the Preventive Controls for Human Foods Curriculum on track to come out this year.

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Food Safety Tech

JUNE 18, 2024

There is only one week left to submit your comments to the docket on the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. FDA is seeking feedback on topics discussed during the public meeting as well as specific questions they have identified in the topics for consideration document on FDA’s meeting page.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Food Safety and Inspection Service. Designing Salmonella performance standard to more closely align with the goal of reducing foodborne illness is fundamental to improving food safety. August 19, 2021. Sandra Eskin.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Global and domestic supply chains are more complex and interdependent than ever, and while they offer consumer benefits like more choices, lower prices, and the year-round availability of many food items that were once only seasonal, the increasing number of moving pieces also adds more risk for product quality and food safety failures.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food. A year ago, the FDA said that cultivated meat produced by Upside Foods is safe. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf called it a “food revolution.”

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 27, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Eco Food Distribution LLC Schiller Park, IL An import company in Illinois is on notice from the FDA for not developing an FSVP for the foods they import. In a May 25 warning letter, the FDA described a Feb. 15 warning letter, the FDA described a Feb.

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