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Canada moves to protect citizens from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce from the Salinas Valley

Bill Marler

Under the SFCR, FFV businesses, including those who import romaine lettuce, are now required to obtain a Safe Food for Canadians licence and maintain: preventive controls that address food safety hazards; preventive control plans that document risks to food and how they are addressed; and. coli outbreaks. Quick Facts.

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OIG to determine whether FDA followed the inspections and recall process for infant formula in accordance with Federal requirements by 2023?

Bill Marler

HHS, OIG posted this morning: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to safeguard the Nation’s food supply, including infant formula, and ensure that all ingredients are safe. Office of Audit Services. W-00-22-59472. Abbott denies the connection.

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House and Senate Oversight on Cronobacter and Infant Formula this week

Bill Marler

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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Revolutionizing Catering Compliance: The Future of Food Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

Leading this charge are process management applications that integrate with sensors, essentially revolutionizing how catering compliance and food safety are approached within restaurants.

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Ensuring Food Safety from the farm to the table is crucial. How inspections and audits play a key role

Food Safety Tech

According to ISO definition, an audit is “systematic, independent, and documented process for obtaining objective evidence and evaluating it objectively to determine the extent to which audit criteria are fulfilled.” An inspection is the “determination of conformity to specific requirements,” such as FDA or USDA regulations.

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New York State is latest to threaten removal of harmful food additives

Food Safety News

The second bill, S08615/A9295 , would require companies to disclose to the state of New York when they add chemicals to foods and drinks that the company secretly self-determines are “generally recognized as safe” or GRAS , without notifying the FDA. Yet, it is still allowed to be used in food and oral drugs.

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FDA's Food Traceability Rule Documenting a Tomato From Farm to Grocer

SQF Institute

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the Food Traceability Rule to quickly identify and mitigate risk associated with “high risk” foods prone to contamination. The complexity of FDA’s mandate impacts more than 10,000 products and puts an unnecessary paperwork burden on the food supply chain.

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