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Unifying Human Food Regulation: A Conversation with Jim Jones

Food Safety Tech

For example, understanding that meaningful public engagement before you decide how to regulate leads to more informed and timely decisions, but also sustainable decisions. consumers have greater access to healthier foods and nutrition information to identify healthier foods more easily. Most people in the U.S.

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CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL AGREES TO PAY $25 MILLION FINE AND ENTER A DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE CHARGES RELATED TO FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAKS

Bill Marler

A criminal information filed today in federal court in Los Angeles charges Chipotle with adulterating food in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The local health department found critical violations of local food regulations, including those specific to time and temperature controls for lettuce and beans.

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

Bill Marler

Of 14 people with information available, 12 have been hospitalized. 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

On June 5, 2020, we wrote former Under Secretary for Food Safety Mindy Brashears to supplement the Petition with additional and updated information, as well as to address some issues and criticism raised by comments submitted during the comment period, namely those generated using a template circulated by the Weston A.

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FDA shuts down animal food manufacturer due to Salmonella – Is Abbott infant formula with Cronobacter next?

Bill Marler

Today’s action marks the first consent decree of permanent injunction against an animal food manufacturer for violating public safety standards under Part 507 (Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) requirements) of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls for Animal Food Regulation.

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Singapore re-opens science lab and holds novel food event

Food Safety News

Singapore has relocated its national reference laboratory for food science and held a roundtable on novel food regulations. The National Centre for Food Science (NCFS) is the scientific arm of the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the new site was officially opened at the end of October.

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The FSSAI has Saved itself from Landing in Soup as it has withdrawn its Controversial Order of Banning the food Businesses Involved in Milk and Milk Products

FMT Magazine

The FSSAI has saved itself from landing in soup as it has withdrawn its controversial order of banning the food businesses involved in milk and milk products’ trade, from using differentiation based on A1 and A2 categorisation. in the name of A1 & A2), stands withdrawn for further consultation and engagement with the stakeholders.”