Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Some might have heard that the FDA Commissioner has instituted a review on how the FDA, and it’s Food Safety arms or organized. Setting aside that it might be a good idea to create a single food safety agency with all the parts of USDA and FDA, etc., Any brilliant ideas? Any brilliant ideas?

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Bill Marler

JUNE 22, 2022

The FDA apparently became aware of the death on June 10, 2020. So far, the FDA has received 129 complaints linked to Abbott formula products, including 119 since the product recall in February. According to the FDA, this would bring the total to five illnesses with three deaths. Attorney sued Abbott and several employees.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The FDA issued this warning this morning – Recall underway. The FDA has reviewed and supports NCDHHS’s analytical findings and found that analytical results at this level could result in acute toxicity. WanaBana has agreed to voluntarily recall all WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree pouches regardless of expiration.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 13, 2022

Here is one of the best emails I received recently after Politico posted “The FDA’s Food Failure,” a 36-page investigation (Pulitzer Prize eligible) by Helena Bottemiller Evich that details the fact that food safety is not a high priority at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A new emailed comment: Good Morning Bill.

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Food Safety Tech

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today it has updated the nutritional requirements a food must meet to use the claim “healthy” on the package, which includes criteria a food must meet to use the healthy claim on the package. For more details, see Use of the Term Healthy on Food Labeling.

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Bill Marler

JULY 29, 2022

Over the last 30 years I have gotten to know many that work or worked at both the FDA and CFIA. We are testing a variety of Daily Harvest and Revive products and have shared the results with both the FDA and Daily Harvest. So, FDA, CFIA, what the hell are you doing?

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Bill Marler

MARCH 2, 2024

The FDA has confirmed that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for children and imported from Ecuador. Leaders at the FDA continue to believe the contamination was intentional. FDA’s leading hypothesis remains that this was likely an act of economically motivated adulteration.”

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Beginning Friday night, FDA employees overseeing food ingredients received calls and emails notifying them that their recent terminations had been rescinded effective immediately, according to messages viewed by AP. FDA staffers who were reinstated said their immediate supervisors received no explanation or advance notice on the decisions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law in January of 2011 and expanded the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested and processed. FSMA Rule 204 allows the FDA to request Critical Tracking Events (CTE) and the business must respond within 24 hours.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The FDA says it’s conducting an inspection of that facility. But so far all of the signals we’re getting lead to an intentional act on the part of someone in the supply chain and we’re trying to sort of figure that out,” Jones said in an exclusive interview.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The FDA is busy trying to keep our food supply save and get dangerous foods off the market.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 6, 2024

The food industry as a whole and the FDA should be embarrassed and actually do something to make sure that something like this never happens again. Updates about the investigation can be found on the FDA’s website, Investigation of Elevated Lead Levels: Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches (November 2023) | FDA.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The FDA’s proposed reorganization package includes new updates that not only shift how the agency’s food and field work is conducted, but also impacts a number of additional FDA offices outside of these programs. We are hopeful that implementation can begin in calendar year 2024.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 23, 2024

Eshoo (D-CA), and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) wrote to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert Califf to request a briefing regarding the possible intentional contamination of applesauce pouches.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 24, 2022

I took Ashley’s story with me when I was given unfettered access to the chiefs at the FDA. One FDA chief just called it bad luck. I remember her father looking at me misty-eyed and saying, “Fathers are supposed to protect their daughters… in this case, there was nothing I could do.” The culprit was a green, leafy piece of spinach.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

Included in the document are highlights of the recently released Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Best Practices for Retail Food Stores, Restaurants, and Food Pick-Up/Delivery Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Employee health. Cleaning/sanitizing/disinfecting.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

consumers, the FDA establishes or utilizes tolerances, action levels and guidance levels for some contaminants in food. The FDA uses these levels to help minimize or prevent chemical hazards in food. Code of Federal Regulations, FDA Guidance for Industry). action level, guidance level), level value and reference (e.g.,

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2023

How long would it take you to produce all that information when the FDA came calling? The requirements do not apply to all foods, but to a subset listed in the FDA’s Food Traceability List (FTL) and to foods that contain listed foods as ingredients. The FDA set a compliance deadline of January 20, 2026.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 12, 2023

Over at FDA, things are a bit more active with active outbreak investigations with 1 Listeria outbreak tied to ice cream that has sickened 2 and 1 hepatitis an outbreak linked to frozen strawberries that has impacted 10. It seems quiet over at USDA/FSIS with only one active investigation of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 16.

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Bill Marler

JULY 28, 2022

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating consumer complaints of gastrointestinal illness and abnormal liver function that may be attributable to eating Daily Harvest French Lentil & Leek Crumbles frozen product. FDA’s investigation is ongoing, and more information will be provided as it becomes available.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

The FDA delayed the compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule by 30 months. Scheduled to take effect in January of 2026, FDA has pushed the date back. link] FDA Intends to Extend Compliance Date for Food Traceability Rule Constituent Update March 20, 2025 Today, the U.S.

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Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

FDAs leadership webpage was updated this week to include Mr. Diamantas and stated that as the Acting Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, he leads the agencys Human Foods Program, overseeing all FDA nutrition and food safety activities. Prior to coming to FDA, Diamantas worked at the law firm Jones Day.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

FDA provided an update on the E.coli STEC linked to onions served on fast food chain hamburgers. FDA provided this about the investigation - "At this time, one FDA sample of recalled onions has tested positive for E. Current Update November 13, 2024 FDA, CDC, and state partners continue investigating a multistate outbreak of E.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 25, 2024

This just came up on the FDA Outbreak Table: What is Listeria? Listeria is a bacterium that causes a serious infection called listeriosis. Around 300 deaths in the United States are caused by Listeria infection each year, according to estimates from a 2011 CDC report. Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is using legislation to advance food safety progress and recommending the use of digital technology to support instantaneous, automated data exchange that enhances product traceability. Later this year, the FDA will propose mandatory traceability requirements for “high-risk” foods?

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Food Safety Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2025

In response to external pressures, FDA has revoked its authorization for the use of red dye 3 in food. Despite its decision, the agency maintains that the available scientific information does not support claims of the colorant being harmful to human health through dietary exposure.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 19, 2025

The FDA is amending its color additive regulations to no longer allow for the use of FD&C Red No. link] [link] FDA to Revoke Authorization for the Use of Red No. 3 in Food and Ingested Drugs Constituent Update January 15, 2025 The FDA is revoking the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. FD&C Red No.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 20, 2025

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on its website that it intends to extend the compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule (the final rule) by 30 months. The FDA intends to extend the compliance date using appropriate procedures at a later time, including publishing a proposed rule in the Federal Register.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

These expert panels provide impartial scientific advice and recommendations to USDA, FDA and the CDC on public health issues related to food safety in the U.S. Without the input of these committees, we have little confidence that the food safety policies at USDA and FDA will, in fact, Make America Healthy Again.”

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 19, 2025

Food and Drug Administration has determined that it is necessary for manufacturers of cat and dog foods who are covered by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) rule and using uncooked or unpasteurized materials derived from poultry or cattle (e.g.,

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Bill Marler

APRIL 28, 2022

House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) today submitted for the record a report acquired from a whistleblower who worked at the Abbott facility which produces infant formula recalled by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February. The report was submitted to the FDA on October 20, 2021.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

FDA Announces “Healthy” Claims Consumer Research : On May 6, 2021, the FDA issued a procedural notice on the preliminary quantitative consumer research it plans to conduct on symbols that could be used in the future to convey the nutrient content claim “healthy.”

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 11, 2025

has directed FDA to explore ways to eliminate the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) rule, which is considered by critics to be a loophole that enables ingredients to enter the food supply without oversight or a formal safety review. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 6, 2022

I have a word for the FDA and CDC – “Transparency.”. Thanks to Food Safety News for reporting this out: The FDA has determined an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Typhimurium was from contaminated cantaloupe and declared its investigation over. . Additional information on this outbreak will be forthcoming,” according to the FDA.

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MenuTrinfo

JANUARY 28, 2025

At MenuTrinfo, following FDA guidelines has always been our policy. We take great care to guarantee that our services, training and Certified Free From allergen certifications reflect the most current and accurate allergen information outlined by the FDA as a governing body. What changed as of January 6th, 2025?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Product recalls, market withdrawals, and safety alerts are becoming more common, with over 1700 tracked by the FDA to date this year. In 2018, there were a combined 656 FDA and USDA recalls , and there has been an 83 percent increase in Class 1 recalls of meat and poultry alone since 2013.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

is directing the acting FDA commissioner, to take steps to explore potential rulemaking to revise its Substances Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) Final Rule and related guidance to eliminate the self-affirmed GRAS pathway. According the HHS website, this will enhance the FDAs oversight of ingredients considered to be GRAS.

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