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Insanitary conditions – Rodents and live and dead insects prompt FDA to seize 25,000 boxes of spices and food additives from Lyden Spice Corporation

Bill Marler

Food and Drug Administration today announced that, on behalf of the agency, the U.S. Marshals Service conducted a mass seizure of FDA-regulated spices and food additive products held for sale under insanitary conditions. The FDA plays a critical role in safeguarding the U.S.

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FDA warns juice company in California about various regulatory violations

Food Safety News

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. 30 warning letter, the FDA described Nov. The FDA’s inspection revealed that the firm was not in compliance with federal regulations, which resulted in the issuance of an FDA Form 483. Barsotti Juice Company Inc. 20-21 and Dec.

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FDA sends warning letter to New Hampshire food firm because of pests in warehouse

Food Safety News

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Greenland, NH A food firm in New Hampshire is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. Victory Trading Company Inc.

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On World Food Safety Day, Here’s How Internet of Things Solutions Can Help

Modern Restaurant Management

In food services, digitizing processes like temperature monitoring and logging of on-site food storage via IoT-enabled automation delivers many benefits. It eliminates the need for staff to manually monitor and log temperatures of cold storage areas “by hand” using paper logs or spreadsheets. trillion U.S.

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to CA Juice Company Processing Carrot Juice with Pasteurization

Penn State Food Safety Blog

FDA issued a Warning Letter to Barsotti Juice Company, Inc. You may find the Act, the juice HACCP regulation and the Juice HACCP Hazards and Controls Guidance through links in FDA's home page at www.fda.gov. At the conclusion of the inspection, the FDA investigator issued your facility a Form FDA 483, Inspectional Observations.

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Food Safety Tips for Hurricane and Flooding Safety

Food Safety News

After power restoration: Check refrigerator and freezer temperatures; follow guidelines for safe food storage. Discard perishable foods that have been at temperatures above 40 degrees F for 4 hours or more. Refreeze frozen food if temperature remains at 40 degrees F or below.

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Driving Restaurant Food Safety with IoT-Enabled Digitalization

Food Safety Tech

They will also be required to present an electronic traceability plan that clearly describes their procedure for maintaining records for the foods they handle. In the case of a foodborne illness outbreak at the restaurant, the operator must be able to present traceability records to the FDA within 24 hours if requested.