Food Safety Tech

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The FDA has issued a new guidance for industry that describes how firms can voluntarily engage with the FDA before marketing food from genome-edited plants. The guidance reaffirms that the risk-based approach the FDA has taken for foods derived from new plant varieties also applies to foods from genome-edited plants.

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Food Safety Tech

AUGUST 4, 2023

The FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) is hosting a free hybrid public meeting entitled “Modernizing Food and Drug Administration Recalls Listening Session” on September 29, 2023, from 9:00am-5:00pm ET. The post FDA Announces Public Meeting on Modernizing Food Recalls appeared first on FoodSafetyTech.

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APRIL 30, 2022

How confident should we feel with this waring from the FDA: “those seeking access [to the formula] should consult with their healthcare provider in considering whether the benefit of consuming such product outweighs the potential risk of bacterial infection in the user’s particular circumstances.”.

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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. From a read of the report, I think they did.

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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. Below are Chair DeLauro’s remarks.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 11, 2021

There is an ongoing need for coordination of outbreak response within the FDA and with other federal and state agencies that touch on food safety.There is clearly an ongoing need to more effectively coordinated the multiple acronyms that make up governmental food safety responses at the federal, state, and local levels.

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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. Here is a preview of the FDA’s position See full testimony – FDA Testimony ECOI Infant Formula 5.25.2022 final : TESTIMONY OF. CALIFF, M.D. COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS.

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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. Register her e.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Mead Johnson Nutrition (Reckitt), and Perrigo Wisconsin, LLC. According to the FDA, this action is occurring within the context of its ongoing commitment to enhance regulatory oversight and reflects the agency’s determination to ensure optimal conditions for producing infant formula. 30, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Dec.

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Bill Marler

MAY 14, 2022

This week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Parents of all four infants reported having fed their children formula produced by Abbott Nutrition before they became ill.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The FDA has released extensive information about the status of its work to improve its monitoring of infant formula production and its handling of complaints about the safety of formula. In response to those congressional demands, the FDA has stepped up inspection of infant formula production. 1, 2022, through Sept.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The agency is working on the strategy as part of its response to an outbreak of illnesses and the subsequent temporary closure of the Abbott Nutrition production plant in Sturgis, MI. In response to the situation, the FDA initiated the development of a prevention strategy, with the draft released in November 2022. “At

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 21, 2024

The proposed changes and updates to an FDA-wide reorganization plan have been out for external reviews and clearances since Dec. FDA will manage public health risks through three areas of focus: • nutrition, microbiological food safety, and chemical safety. 13, 2023, and implementation should occur sometime during 2024.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

FDA along with USDA announced that they completed a study that confirms pasteurization is effective at inactivating Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) virus in fluid milk and other dairy products made from pasteurized milk. Consumer Safety Officer, in the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The FDA has issued a general warning and a specific warning letter regarding the use of probiotics in pre-term infants. The FDA reports there is “conflicting data” about safety and effectiveness of probiotics for prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis. The company agreed to discontinue sales of the product, the FDA said.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a farm operation in Hawaii for violations from the Produce Safety Rule. Co-owner Bernardo Farms, LLC 15-3120 Pahoa Kapoho Rd Pahoa, HI 96778 United States Issuing Office: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition United States WARNING LETTER CMS 686727 Dear Messrs. Bernardo: The U.S.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 11, 2024

The FDA’s request is less than 1 percent of President Biden’s proposed $7.3 The FDA requests an increase of $495 million above its current funding level. The FDA’s request reflects the agency’s top priorities in key areas of importance for human and animal health,” according to a Monday statement from the agency. “The

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Bill Marler

MARCH 29, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that Bravo Packing, Inc., The food we give our pets should be safe for them to eat and safe for people to handle,” said Steven Solomon, DVM, MPH, director of FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine. Hillman between the FDA and Bravo Packing, Inc.,

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

According to the FDA, food safety culture stands as a cornerstone in the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety blueprint. To access additional information about the webinar series and to listen to past sessions, visit “Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.”

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a CA company selling goat milk for toddlers. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your contract manufacturer’s facility located in (b)(4) from (b)(4) through (b)(4). You can find the Act and FDA regulations through links on FDA's home page at www.fda.gov.

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Food Safety Tech

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In September, Jim Jones, former EPA employee and member of the Reagan-Udall Expert Panel for Foods, became the first FDA Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Jones : People often want to know why I came to the FDA. I also came to the FDA because I believe in Commissioner Califf’s proposal for a unified Human Foods Program.

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Food Quality & Safety

AUGUST 9, 2023

FDA and USDA both recently announced efforts to review label claims, with the goal of increasing consumer trust in and reliance on label claims. Front-of-pack labeling is intended to provide consumers with high-level nutrient information to allow consumers to make quick decisions about which foods to purchase and consume.

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Food Quality & Safety

AUGUST 24, 2023

The FDA has put out a call for input on whether the Brix level (the minimum soluble solids content) in pasteurized orange juice needs to be amended. The request comes on the heels of a July 22 petition from the Florida Citrus Processors Association and Florida Citrus Mutual asking FDA to decrease the Brix level from 10.5%

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FoodLogiQ

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The restaurant industry is not just about offering delicious food; it's also about ensuring that your customers have access to accurate and essential information about the meals they’ll be enjoying. And as the FDA returns to pre-public health emergency status, restaurant menu labeling compliance is making a comeback.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

PBM Nutritionals, LLC is recalling Parent’s Choice brand Sensitivity Premium Infant Formula and Tippy Toes brand Sensitivity Premium Infant Formula because of an inadvertent release of rejected product to the market. According to the details posted online by the FDA, the recall was initiated on June 16, 2023, and is ongoing.

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Food Quality & Safety

JULY 13, 2023

In late June, FDA announced an update to its January 31 proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), which includes a new model for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). The post FDA Updates Plan for Human Foods Program appeared first on Food Quality & Safety.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. A food firm in California is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food regulation. 7, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Feb. In a Sept.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JULY 1, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to Dollar Tree retailer for failing to stop selling the lead-contaminated cinnamon apple sauce after the recall was announced by WanaBana. FDA and state partners also collected and analyzed additional product samples of fruit puree and applesauce pouches. 331(c)].

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

AUGUST 15, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to the company that was responsible for producing the cinnamon apple sauce that was contaminated with lead. As you may remember, the cinnamon used had been contaminated with lead chromate in what FDA believed to be a case of economically-motivated intentional adulteration.

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Bill Marler

APRIL 28, 2022

Here is the most recent inspection report at the plant – APPLIED – FOI II – BR Abbott Nutritions- FEI# 1815692 9-2021 EIR. In most but not all of the situations, information of a material nature was not disclosed. The disclosure document was sent to top food safety officials and other leaders at FDA in October 2021.

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MAY 13, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a low acid canned food (LACF) facility, located on Huarong County, Yueyang, Hunan, China. Did not process a food in conformity with at least the scheduled process filed with FDA as required by 21 CFR 108.35 Xia Wang: The U.S. As stated in 21 CFR 108.25(j), 342(a)(4).

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 11, 2023

Infant food safety, including new arsenic and cadmium action levels, are among the new priorities the FDA plans to address before the end of 2023. The FDA’s list of guidance topics is just one of several resources that the Foods Program routinely shares with stakeholders and partners to inform them of agency priorities.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

FDA issued a Warning Letter to a Chinese manufacture of RTE soy protein isolate. FDA inspected the food manufacturing facility, located in Ye County, Pingdingshan, Henan, 467200, China from August 15 to 17, 2023.

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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. I will focus on pathogens as I have for the last 30 plus years. Consolidate.

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APRIL 22, 2024

These concerns were provided to Sammy’s Milk in a meeting with FDA this week that identified representations on the Sammy’s Milk website and social media platforms that could be interpreted to indicate the product is safe for infants to consume. While Sammy’s Milk is specifically formulated for children between the ages of 12 and 36 months.

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Food Safety Tech

JUNE 27, 2023

On June 26, the FDA shared an update on its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), which includes a new model for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). Realigning the eight Human and Animal Food laboratories that are currently managed by ORA into the HFP. Califf, M.D.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

AUGUST 9, 2023

FDA issued a Warning Letter to STC India Private Limited, an Indian manufactuer of RTE mouth fresheners called Mukhwas. In the report, FDA cited Preventive Control issues, specifically around the control of pathogens in a RTE food, and GMP issues, including pest control and cleaning issues.

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