Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

While everything feels overwhelming in the world, focus on these five solvable challenges: Prioritize a Food Safety Culture. With or without a pandemic, food safety culture is what you do when no one is looking. When employees feel safe, informed, and engaged, then customers will feel safe.

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Food Safety Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

The termination of these two important advisory committees is very alarming and should serve as a warning to consumers that food safety will not be a priority at USDA in the foreseeable future. The failure to recognize and leverage the value of this scientific expertise is dangerous and irresponsible.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 11, 2021

This review is part of FDA’s “New Era of Smarter Food Safety: FDA’s Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan” that also requires a hard look and the support by those concerned about improving the safety of our food and driving the numbers of ill consumers down. Thanks to the deep dive by Craig Hedberg.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2020

The guidance focuses on food safety, cleaning and sanitizing, employee health monitoring and personal hygiene, and social distancing. Each section includes a list of actionable items an operation should consider as it evaluates its safety procedures. Download the full guidance, here. Employee health.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2020

Before the pandemic, less than 25 percent of restaurants’ handwashing practices were in compliance with FDA required food code handwashing frequency requirements. Both customers and employees are looking to brands and leaders to wave the green flag to ensure it’s safe to enjoy their food or to come into work.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 22, 2024

The FDA has already issued more than 50 food recalls in 2024, causing many consumers to worry about food safety – and raising an important question for the restaurant industry: Would we know exactly what to do in a recall situation? Use these best practice tips to protect your food, guests, employees, and brand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Global and domestic supply chains are more complex and interdependent than ever, and while they offer consumer benefits like more choices, lower prices, and the year-round availability of many food items that were once only seasonal, the increasing number of moving pieces also adds more risk for product quality and food safety failures.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2021

Arkansas Enacts Food Freedom Act : On April 30, 2021, Arkansas enacted the Food Freedom Act that exempts certain producers of homemade foods or drinks products from any state food safety licensure, certification, or inspection. The act replaces previous regulations on the cottage food industry.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2022

FDA Foods Program Announces Priorities : On January 31, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a list of guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program to complete before February 2022. The guidance topics include several focused on plant-based labeling, food safety, and risk reduction.

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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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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

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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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 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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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 24, 2023

Validating and verifying food safety. AI algorithms are uniquely able to analyze data from various sources, such as FDA inspections, supplier data, and public records, to validate suppliers’ claims and maintain a high level of trust throughout the supply chain.

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Food Safety Tech

JANUARY 15, 2025

Food and Drug Administration is announcing an important step to provide nutrition information to consumers by proposing to require a front-of-package (FOP) nutrition label for most packaged foods. The post FDA Proposes Requiring At-a-Glance Nutrition Information on the Front of Packaged Foods appeared first on FoodSafetyTech.

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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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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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Food Safety Tech

JANUARY 16, 2025

Food Safety Tech and the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) are excited to announce that the 2025 Food Safety Consortium will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, from October 19-21. Address current challenges and advancements in food safety, technology, and compliance.

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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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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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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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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 6, 2022

Connected warewashing dispensers leverage the IoT to support cleanliness, food safety compliance, sustainability and the bottom line. For restaurants, food safety is a major concern, as a single incident of freezer failure can cost an establishment upwards of $18,000. The Future of Foodservice?

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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

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 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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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

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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Kellerman Consulting

JANUARY 31, 2025

Walmarts enforcement is starting with foods on the Food Traceability List (FTL). Kroger also announced their intent to collect and record traceability information for all food products, not just those on the FTL by the end of June 2025. Barcode creation/ Traceability Lot Code (TLC) creation 2.Development Mock recall 6.Trace

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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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