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Unifying Human Food Regulation: A Conversation with Jim Jones

Food Safety Tech

With the reorganization of the new HFP, along with available resources, we hope to attract top talent to assist with our food safety goals. The post Unifying Human Food Regulation: A Conversation with Jim Jones appeared first on FoodSafetyTech.

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FDA Publishes List of Guidance Topics, Human Foods Regulations Prioritized for 2024

Food Safety Magazine

A new FDA webpage lists regulations that the Human Foods Program (HFP) plans to publish by October 2024 and longer-term regulations HFP is prioritizing. FDA also updated the list of guidance topics that it is considering and expects to publish by the end of 2024, which was last updated in July 2023.

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UK FSA Publishes First-Ever Positive Safety Assessment for CBD Product as Novel Food Supplement

Food Safety Magazine

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has granted its first positive safety assessment under novel foods regulations to a cannabidiol (CBD) product intended for use as a novel food supplement.

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Foods With Unapproved Edible Insects Must be Removed From British Market as Transitional Measures End

Food Safety Magazine

As of January 1, 2024, food products containing edible insects may only remain on the market in Great Britain if a novel food application for that edible insect species was submitted to the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) on or before December 31, 2023.

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FDA Releases New Draft Guidance Chapters on Food Allergens and Acidified Foods

Food Safety Tech

Chapter 16—Acidified Foods—applies to manufacturers of acidified foods (such as some processed sauces, beans, cucumbers or cabbage that have an overall pH of 4.6 Stakeholders can submit comments on the new chapters at Regulations.gov (Docket No. FDA-2016-D-2343).

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Could Dole and Fresh Express face criminal charges for Listeria Outbreaks?

Bill Marler

In July 2018, approximately 647 people who dined at a Chipotle restaurant in Powell, Ohio reported illness related to Clostridium perfringens , a pathogen that grows rapidly when food is not held at appropriate temperatures.

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Request for update on Petition to deem Salmonella an Adulterant

Bill Marler

11] Foods regulated by FSIS substantially contribute to this public health burden; according to the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration, over a third of salmonellosis cases can be attributed to chicken (14.0%), pork (10.3%), beef (6.4%), and turkey (6.2%). As of 2019, it was 17.12. [9]