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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Texas Pet Food Company for Inability to Combat Salmonella Contamination

Penn State Food Safety Blog

FDA Investigators observed visible debris on food-contact surfaces of equipment such as brushes, brooms, and squeegees after cleaning and sanitizing of equipment was performed by your third-party sanitation service. Did not document (b)(4) cleaning for the discharge hoppers located in the packaging area for the entire month of December 2023.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Kitchen of the Future, Restaurant Sherpas and Dunkin’ Hirin’

Modern Restaurant Management

Additionally, Captain D’s has enhanced its standard employee food safety protocol to now include single-use dining items, sanitation procedures deployed every 30 minutes, and the installment of plexiglass barriers between guests and cashiers, among other measures. .

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Minnesota Raw Pet Food Company Cited for Inadequate PAA Process Resulting in Pathogens in Finished Product

Penn State Food Safety Blog

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your pet food manufacturing facility located at 1245 Trapp Road, Suite 160, Eagan, Minnesota, on August 29 through September 12, 2023, in follow-up to an Untitled Letter issued to you on September 2, 2022. 4 See section 301(k) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. §

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CA Noodle Company Received FDA Warning Letter for Failure to identify Hazards and Implement Controls

Penn State Food Safety Blog

We received your response to the FDA 483 via email on March 12, 2024. Your Food Safety Consultant informed the FDA investigators that the noodle manufacturing line is composed of custom manufacturing parts (e.g., (b)(4)) For example: i. b)(4)) that cannot be taken apart and adequately cleaned. In accordance with 21 CFR 101.4(e),

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Yet another E. coli Outbreak in Children linked to Animal Exhibit – this time in Tennessee – Again

Bill Marler

The “farm days” event was held September 26–27 for pre-K, kindergarten, and 2nd gradestudents from Washington County, Bristol City (TN), Kingsport City, and Sullivan County school districts. School districts sent the survey during October 9 12 to parents of children in classes that participated in the animal exhibit. Food Safety News.

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PEW: 12 Charts Explore America’s Salmonella Problem—and Steps to Solve It Stronger rules for poultry would spur action on farms

Bill Marler

Food safety interventions on farms, such as vaccines targeting harmful serotypes, have likely contributed to meaningful reductions in product contamination and human illness. We write to supplement the November 12, 2021, letter with new research. 601(m)(1) and 21 U.S.C. § In their newly published review paper[4], O’Bryan et al.

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What do you need to know about Salmonella during an Outbreak

Bill Marler

But globally, typhoid fever continues to be a significant problem, with an estimated 12-33 million cases occurring annually. A USDA Baseline Data Collection Program report done in 1994 documented Salmonella contamination on 20.0% Varma, Jay K., Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis. of broiler-chicken carcasses. Pickering, pp.

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