Food Safety News

JANUARY 16, 2024

— OPINION — By Steven Grossman, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Stronger FDA. What started as a crisis over the safety and supply of infant formula became a wide-ranging review of FDA’s food programs by the Reagan-Udall Foundation. We have played a key role in the doubling of FDA’s taxpayer funding.

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Food Safety Magazine

MAY 7, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold an informational webinar about the recently published Agricultural Water Final Rule. On May 20, 2024 the U.S.

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Food Safety Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In an October 31 webinar, Jim Jones, U.S. 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.

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Food Safety Magazine

JULY 25, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold an informational webinar on August 6, 2024 on basic Produce Safety Rule requirements on growing, harvesting, packing and holding practices for the most common types of mushrooms, as well as specialty mushrooms.

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Food Safety Magazine

APRIL 15, 2024

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a webinar featuring representatives from the State of Iowa and Richmond County, North Carolina who will discuss how their jurisdictions achieved conformance with all nine of FDA’s Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards. On May 3, 2024 the U.S.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

An Alliance for a Stronger FDA webinar on Monday, Nov. 13, will feature Jim Jones, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Alison Bodor of the American Frozen Foods Institute, and Thomas Gremillion of the Consumer Federation of America, will moderate. Jones took command of the FDA Human Foods Program on Sept.

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FoodLogiQ

MARCH 7, 2024

Our webinar — Navigating the Future of Food Safety: FSMA 204 Insights and the FDA’s Roadmap for 2024 — can help you get your bearings on the first leg of the journey.

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Food Safety Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In a recent webinar organized by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA, a top policy and legislation official from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided insight to the agency’s approach to regulating cannabidiol (CBD) and kratom in foods and dietary supplements.

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Food Safety Tech

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC)—a collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the FDA and the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)—has published its upcoming priorities for calendar years 2024 – 2028.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 6, 2024

Fortunately, the Department of Health and Human Services and FDA have authority to implement some of the plan in the interim. The first notable sign of change was the appointment of ex-EPA executive, Jim Jones, to the newly created post of Deputy Commissioner for Human Food Programs.

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Food Safety Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2024

Eliminating redundancies, increasing efficiency, and cultivating a culture of collaboration were the main themes of a January 19 webinar featuring top U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials, hosted by Alliance for a Stronger FDA to discuss the agency’s proposed reorganization.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 30, 2023

Food and Drug Administration, and the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture—teamed up in 2011 to create the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC). To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)

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Hygiena

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Recently we hosted a webinar on what it takes to onboard a rapid spoilage method for finished product release with participation from FDA regulatory experts, process authority and QA manager. The post IDFA Webinar: 3 Key Takeaways for Onboarding Rapid Spoilage Methods appeared first on Hygiena.

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Food Safety Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, 2023, the Alliance for a Stronger FDA hosted a webinar with James "Jim" Jones, the recently appointed Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), during which he discussed his priorities, plans, and approach to change at the agency.

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Food Safety Magazine

APRIL 5, 2024

In an April 5 webinar, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods spoke in great detail about the agency’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 Presidential budget request, and how portions of those funds will be allocated to meeting Human Foods Program goals.

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Food Safety Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began to include new restrictions in new Food Contact Notifications on the use of food contact substances for infant applications. Recently, FDA has hosted webinars to present information on regulatory requirements and considerations for infant formula ingredients and packaging.

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Bill Marler

JULY 30, 2020

Companies can now use data developed under this protocol to support the EPA registration of products that can treat agricultural water against foodborne bacteria, which could provide farmers with a useful tool to help protect the safety of produce intended for consumers, like romaine lettuce and other leafy greens.

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Food Safety Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a webinar, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones alluded to an unconfirmed theory that the common source of contamination may be an imported ingredient used in the products. As of November 16, 2023, there are 34 known cases of acute lead toxicity linked to recalled fruit puree pouches in the U.S.

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Food Safety Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In a webinar, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Jim Jones alluded to an unconfirmed theory that the common source of contamination may be an imported ingredient used in the products. As of November 13, 2023, there are 22 known cases of acute lead toxicity linked to recalled fruit puree pouches in the U.S.

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Food Safety Magazine

MARCH 22, 2024

The study fulfills a request from FDA, partly in a Closer to Zero effort to answer questions about mercury exposure. A webinar about the findings will be held on March 26, 2024.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 3, 2024

FDA released their final rule on agricultural water for produce. Farms are required to conduct assessments of their pre-harvest agricultural water annually, and whenever a significant change occurs, to identify any conditions likely to introduce known or reasonably foreseeable hazards into or onto covered produce or food contact surfaces."

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Food Safety Tech

APRIL 30, 2024

getting sick each year from foodborne illness, the FDA is continuing to transform the nation’s food safety system with more stringent rules and regulations. The rule was finalized by the FDA on November 15, 2022. With millions of people in the U.S. Records must be legible and stored to prevent loss or deterioration.)

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Food Safety Tech

APRIL 1, 2024

To help ensure compliance and success in meeting the intent of the rule, Leavitt Partners and Acheson Group are working with FDA to create a public-private governing body for food traceability, based on the medical industry’s Partnership for DSCSA Governance (PDG).

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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. A related webinar was organized in June 2023 where lessons learned, opportunities, challenges and national examples were highlighted. Food and Drug Administration. The guidance comes in three parts.

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MenuTrinfo

JUNE 22, 2023

MenuTrinfo hosts Coffee Talk on a monthly basis to discuss trending topics in the food allergy industry. This past month, our CEO Betsy Craig discussed updates in the 2022 FDA Food Code, covering the new legislation and what it means to the food service industry.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 9, 2021

FDA Issues Improvement Plan Focused on Modernizing Foodborne Illness Outbreak Responses . The following is attributed to Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response,and Stic Harris, D.V.M. director of the FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network. Input from the U.S.

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