Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

However, even with the greatest attention to food safety, there is no single way to eliminate all foodborne illness because its sources are numerous and diverse. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) represents the agency’s comprehensive efforts to advance this cause. Standards Support Collaboration.

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Food Safety Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

In an effort to reduce food waste caused by consumer confusion, and following new legislation passed in California standardizing the use of “Best By” dates on food, USDA and FDA have issued a joint request for information about industry practices, consumer perceptions, and impacts related to food date labeling.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

September is National Food Safety Education Month. This month, put food safety first and take steps to help prevent food poisoning from occurring. Be aware of the symptoms of food poisoning and do not hesitate to contact medical attention if needed.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

From FDA Press Release from yesterday: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposed rule to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for certain foods. Where possible, FDA has drawn on existing consensus standards that industry members may already be using.

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JULY 14, 2022

Here is the latest from the FDA: Case Counts. Estimate based on Consumer Complaint and CAERs reports received by the FDA. Thank you also providing leftover product to both the lab we are using and the FDA as we search for the common contaminate that is causing these common symptoms. Total Adverse Illness Events: 277*.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 4, 2023

Over two months ago, while watching the premiere of the documentary, “Poisoned,” at the Tribeca Film Festival in NYC, I got thinking again about how little in the past 30 years I feel I have moved the needle on food safety – pathogens and certainly, human nutrition. So, what would I do with a Food Safety Magic Wand on day one?

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JANUARY 6, 2024

As I said to the USA Today – Yesterday: “I have never seen chromium being found in foods before, but we have also never seen these high of levels of lead either,” food safety lawyer Bill Marler told USA TODAY. Marler said he is representing several families of children with elevated lead levels from the products.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2023

How much information do you have about the foods your company handles in the course of business? If subjected to a food recall, would you be able to produce clear records delineating every touchpoint where the food was produced, harvested, processed or transformed, shipped, received, and used?

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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. . First posted on Aug. 17 to Oct.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The folks at Food Safety News received this email, and I too was reminded how thankful I am for them – Thanks Dan, Coral, Joe, Joann, Cookson and all the other people that contibute. FSN is the greatest source of consumer health information I have found. FSN is the greatest source of consumer health information I have found.

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Food Safety Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened a request for information about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in seafood.

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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to Food Safety News , the FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. Here is Dan Flynn’s editorial from Food Safety News from Spring 2012: Big Fresh has the blood on its hands. Salmonella spp. Actually, that’s true.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

million fine and forfeiture amount is the largest-ever criminal penalty following a conviction in a food safety case. Food and Drug Administration. Americans expect and deserve the highest standards of food safety and integrity. The FDA, CDC, and Blue Bell all issued public recall notifications on March 13, 2015.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2023

In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. FDA is responsible for more than a quarter of the U.S. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. Many of the key changes in the 2022 Food Code relate to food allergens.

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The temporary requirements add an extra level of control to the food safety measures already in place under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations Act (SFCA) and the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR). Food safety investigations by Canadian and U.S. coli O157:H7. coli outbreaks. Quick Facts.

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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.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 11, 2022

Understandably, my nearly 350 clients sickened by Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles (and possibly additional products) are frightened and angered by the lack of information about the contaminant in the tara, that according the the FDA, has hospitalized over 100 with symptoms consistent with acute liver failure.

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Bill Marler

JANUARY 25, 2024

This just came up on the FDA Outbreak Table: What is Listeria? Listeria bacteria are most found in raw foods. Canned or shelf-stable smoked seafood is ok Additional Resources: Marler Clark, The Food Safety Law Firm , is the nation’s leading law firm representing victims of Listeria outbreaks.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now the question is will Congress and the FDA Commissioner take the recommendations to heart? Most FDA employees understand the immense responsibility of the Agency’s Human Foods Program, appreciate the importance of their work, and share a common value of striving to protect public health.

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Food Safety Tech

JANUARY 9, 2024

The Food Safety Consortium Conference has announced a new online Food Safety Training Series, developed to explore critical food safety and quality topics in depth and offer timely information on emerging issues. I’m thrilled to bring food safety training to a new level.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 19, 2022

There is no dispute that Daily Harvest French Lentil + Leek Crumbles, with tara, caused a significant outbreak of acute liver failure according to both Daily Harvest and the FDA. Our investigation team will continue working with the FDA, the tara flour producer and others to help determine what specifically made people sick.”.

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Food Safety Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Congress, the Federal and State Food Safety Information Sharing Act aims to grant the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to share crucial food safety information with state and local regulatory agencies to improve foodborne illness outbreak response.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 19, 2023

CDC FDA’s onsite inspection of the Austrofoods facility in Ecuador has ended. However, the FDA investigation of the elevated lead levels in recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches continues. The FDA has tested multiple products and, based on the current evidence, there are no further products being added to the recall at this time.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 29, 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 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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Bill Marler

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

In an increasing era of transparency, the FDA, along with its food safety partners at the CDC and FSIS, have for the last several months been listing and announcing investigations of foodborne illness outbreaks – even if a source is not determined – and may never be found. Over at the CDC: Over at FSIS:

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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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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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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. This last initiative is perhaps the most urgent for food businesses and requires immediate attention.

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Bill Marler

JULY 23, 2021

Nonprofit activist group, STOP Foodborne Illness, has announced that the organization has finalized recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modernize the nation’s food recall system. The nation’s food recall system hasn’t been enhanced in five years. food supply.”. Plan highlights.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 20, 2022

As a company, we are committed to upholding our high standards of food safety and quality.”. The FDA went into a bit more detail. The FDA is supporting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local authorities in an investigation of an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The FDA is alerting parents and caregivers about two varieties of LittleOak infant formulas that the company is currently recalling. The products have been sold in the United States illegally because the company has not submitted the required premarket notification to the Food and Drug Administration.

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Bill Marler

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Although the consuming public was kept in the dark, it is without question that government, industry and academia knew that the outbreak happened, but they all chose to hide it until late this evening – so much for “transparency” and so much for “food safety culture.” The FDA and the U.S.

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Bill Marler

AUGUST 13, 2020

Please refer to the FSIS and FDA websites for the latest recall information. On August 12, cheese dips were recalled from the following stores: Kroger , Kroger Mid-Atlantic , Kroger Delta Division , Fry’s Food Stores , Fred Meyer , and Smith’s. Additional recalls related to this outbreak may occur.

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Food Safety Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods, provided insight into the work of the Human Foods Program and how budgetary constraints are affecting its work. In an October 31 webinar, Jim Jones, U.S.

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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

JULY 22, 2024

The review in the July 2024 Journal of Food Protection , “Potential for Glove Risk Amplification via Direct Physical, Chemical, and Microbiological Contamination,” sheds light on critical issues within the glove manufacturing industry and their implications for food safety.

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