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Food safety standards: Is bridging the international divide possible?

Food Safety News

— OPINION — By Julie Chapon, Co-founder and CEO of Yuka Food safety regulations remain a critical concern globally, particularly as consumers become increasingly conscious and concerned about the ingredients present in the products they consume. While the U.S. Similarly, certain growth hormones and antibiotics commonly used in U.S.

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FSANZ patulin survey finds low risk to public

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Survey results Almost 300 products were purchased from all states and territories in 2021 and 2022. Codex has set a maximum level of 50 micrograms per kilogram for patulin in apple juice, which some national food regulators have adopted. Any patulin already present in apples is not destroyed by pasteurization.

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Unifying Human Food Regulation: A Conversation with Jim Jones

Food Safety Tech

At the EPA, Jones was a principal architect of the 2016 overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act and was also responsible for decision-making related to the regulation of pesticides and commercial chemicals. This will elevate, strengthen, and expand our nutrition work.

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2023 Update on state food safety legislation

Food Safety News

S 476 requires an employer to consider the time it takes for the employee to complete the training and the examination as compensable hours worked, for which the employer would pay, and to pay the employee for any necessary expenditures or losses associated with obtaining a food handler card.

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Baby food manufacture warned by FDA after consumer complaint of infant botulism prompts inspection

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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. s food manufacturing facility in Los Angeles, CA. In a Sept. 7, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described a Feb.

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Texas food firm warned over claims made on website, lack of food safety plan and more

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s food manufacturing facility in Tyler, TX. The FDA’s inspection found serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventative Controls for Human Food regulation. Nutrition Facts label, “NFL”) is not in accordance with the requirements.

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Ecuadorian Company That Produced Lead-contaminated Apple Sauce

Penn State Food Safety Blog

General Enriquez, Tanicuchi Lote 8 171104 Quito, Pichincha Ecuador francisco@wanabanafruits.com Issuing Office: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) United States August 9, 2024 WARNING LETTER Reference #679052 Dear Mr. Peña: Beginning in October 2023, the U.S. Sincerely, /S/ Ann M. Oxenham, J.D.

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