Food Safety News

MARCH 5, 2024

Brian Kavanagh and Assemblymember Anna Kelles, who holds a doctorate in nutritional epidemiology. The FDA’s system for ensuring that food additives are safe is broken,” said Consumer Reports director of food safety Brian Ronholm. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Eight people were arrested, and another 81 are being investigated for crimes, including fraud, public health offenses, and document falsification. Manipulation of dates Food was seized from distribution warehouses. They were sold at sites including sports nutrition stores and service stations. (To

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

There’s not going to be any lab -grown meat in Europe until the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says so. But according to Wolfgang Gelbmann, a senior scientific officer at EFSA in the novel foods area, Europe has not received any applications for review of cell-culture-derived food.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

Consumer Safety Officer, in the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. High numbers of organisms are typically used when conducting inactivation studies to document high levels of inactivation. The levels are also comparable to those used in benchtop experiments.

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FoodInsight

JULY 27, 2023

Many of us like to sample new foods we come across in the grocery store—why not try an exciting, even innovative product we may have heard about from a friend, family member, or social media? These labels can tell us where our food was made, give nutrition information, and provide detailed ingredient lists.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a guide for use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in food safety. The event featured Dr. Eric Brown, from the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The guidance comes in three parts.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Did not establish and keep documentation of the date and method of cleaning and sanitizing of equipment subject Did not establish and keep records that document required training of personnel, including the date of training, topics covered and persons trained. Bernardo: The U.S.

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Food Quality & Safety

JUNE 14, 2024

These updated guidance documents demonstrate our commitment to facilitating innovation while ensuring product safety,” Tracey Forfa, director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, said in a prepared statement. Some experts believe that the expedited process may raise food safety concerns.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Kramer’s Salsa Medium product filed with the FDA identifies a process time of (b)(4) at a processing temperature of (b)(4); however, a cook hold time was documented at (b)(4), and fill temperatures were documented as (b)(4) and (b)(4) for Kramer’s Salsa Medium lot 23269, produced on September 26, 2023. • 21 CFR 101.9(c) c) and (d)].

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

This included that the firm’s HACCP plan for green olives stuffed with anchovy or tuna did not list the food safety hazard of scombrotoxin (histamine) formation, Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) growth and toxin formation, and allergens associated with the tuna and anchovies; and the food safety hazard of S. a) and (c).

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

b)(2) The processing and production records for products failed to document the specific product variety, approximate number of containers per coding interval, initial product temperature, temperature-indicating device readings, and temperature recording device readings. Xia Wang Owner Hunan Gagazui Food Co., Xia Wang: The U.S.

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Food Safety Tech

JUNE 4, 2024

Food traceability, defined as the ability to provide comprehensive information about the history and origin of a product throughout its journey, emerges as a cornerstone in this endeavour. Beyond its logistical benefits, food traceability assumes a pivotal role in safeguarding consumer interests.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Paznosian is an infectious disease specialist at UCLA and Food Safety News contributor. Eating raw or undercooked freshwater shrimp, land crabs and frogs may also result in infection, although, there have not been any documented cases in Hawaii. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)

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APRIL 10, 2024

The back label containing the Nutrition Facts and Ingredients is incorrectly labeled as “Very Berry Strawberry”, in a 16oz round plastic deli cup. During routine documentation review the error was discovered by Quality Assurance. link] Home Style Foods, Inc. Customers with questions may contact Home Style Foods Inc.

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 11, 2023

Infant food safety, including new arsenic and cadmium action levels, are among the new priorities the FDA plans to address before the end of 2023. A list of those FDA regulations and guidance documents under Administration review is available on the Office of Management and Budget website.

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MenuTrinfo

JUNE 15, 2023

Neogen helped develop and market products that were dedicated to food safety, among many others. We have made incredible progress with our business since starting as an idea from a Facebook message to now being the gold standard for nutritional help desks for more than 80 well-known brands.

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Food Quality & Safety

AUGUST 9, 2023

Front-of-Pack Nutrition Information FDA is currently conducting a consumer study on the impact of front-of-pack nutrition labeling, with the goal of creating a standard front-of-pack labeling scheme for foods. The Facts-up-Front Nutritional Panel is a good example.

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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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FMT Magazine

MARCH 21, 2024

Processing provides many advantages, from convenience and extended shelf life to food quality considerations. Distribution: From Farms to You Food production concludes through a complex distribution network that delivers it from farms to consumers. Meeting the nutritional requirements for an estimated 9.7

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

500 Volvo Parkway Chesapeake, VA 23320 United States Issuing Office: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) United States WARNING LETTER June 11, 2024 Dear Mr. Dreiling: Beginning in October 2023, the U.S. Oxenham, JD Director Office of Compliance Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition U.S.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 20, 2024

We received your response describing corrective actions to the FDA-483 on December 13, 2023, with additional documentation received on December 20 and 21, 2023. Furthermore, you have not provided supporting documentation demonstrating you have implemented the finished product label check for allergen declarations. Telera (32 oz.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Sammy’s Milk is safe [sic] we meet every FDA nutritional & manufacturing requirement for infant formula. o February 18, 2024, post includes a picture of what appears to be a child less than 12 months of age and the following statement: “Elevate your little one’s nutrition and development.

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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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Chef's Deal

MAY 27, 2024

An effectively designed school kitchen maximizes space, enhances workflow, and meets students’ nutritional needs. The primary objectives when designing a school kitchen are safety, efficiency, compliance with health codes, and adaptability to evolving food trends and school requirements.

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 10, 2023

At this point, you’re interested in things such as nutritional content and also biological content. You’re going to be performing the exact same tests from the pathogen level as well as from a food characterization level. The main difference is the manufacturing process, and all of that has been extensively documented.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 28, 2022

A food product is also considered “adulterated” if it bears or contains any poisonous or deleterious substance, which may render it injurious to health. The 1938 Act, and the recently signed Food Safety Modernization Act, stand today as the primary means by which the federal government enforces food safety standards.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 27, 2024

Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 5001 Campus Dr. (HFS-681) College Park, MD 20740 You may also submit your waiver request by email to FURLS@fda.gov. process controls, food allergen controls, sanitation controls, recall plan, and a supply chain program as necessary).

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Bill Marler

MAY 17, 2022

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. Here are the key documents: Here is the 2021 inspection report at the plant – APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR.

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JUNE 2, 2022

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. Here are the key documents: Here is the 2021 inspection report at the plant – APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Brooke Whitney, a Senior Communications Associate at UPSIDE Foods, told Verywell, a website providing health and wellness information by health professionals, that the nutrition profile of each cultivated meat “will depend on the specific product and company” that produces it. What about food safety? Are they healthy?

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The firm did not prepare, or have prepared, and implement a food safety plan. The preparation of the food safety plan must be overseen by one or more preventive controls qualified individuals (PCQIs). However, the firm did not have a food safety plan with any of the required elements. Specifically: a.

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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. Compliance With Recommended Food Safety Practices in Television Cooking Shows. Food Control. Community Nutrition Institute, 476 U.S.

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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 8, 2023

21, 2023, used to document the air temperature of Cooler (redacted) , indicates the temperature measured by their firm exceeded (redacted) F on several occasions. 16, 2023, during the storage of RTE ROP (redacted) baby food lot # (redacted) , an FDA investigator measured the air temperature of Cooler (redacted) at 11:57 a.m.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

General Enriquez, Tanicuchi Lote 8 171104 Quito, Pichincha Ecuador francisco@wanabanafruits.com Issuing Office: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) United States August 9, 2024 WARNING LETTER Reference #679052 Dear Mr. Peña: Beginning in October 2023, the U.S. Sincerely, /S/ Ann M. Oxenham, J.D.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

There was no food safety plan, and with that, no controls for allergens, environmental pathogens, etc. You did not prepare, or have prepared, and implement a food safety plan, as required by 21 CFR § 117.126(a)(1). However, you did not have a food safety plan with any of the required elements.

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Road Dasihar-East Mumbai 400068 Maharashtra India bhavyashah@chandanmukhwas.com Issuing Office: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) United States July 21, 2023 WARNING LETTER Reference # 661775 Dear Mr. Shah: The United States (U.S.) It also does not appear that a (b)(4) step has been identified.

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