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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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Smaller Operation Opson highlights expired food reuse issue

Food Safety News

Europol detected the relatively new trend of relabeling expired food on an “unprecedented scale,” said Europol. Criminal groups often approach waste disposal companies and purchase food that should have been destroyed. The food quality is poor, but it also presents health hazards, as seen in a canned fish case.

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FSANZ patulin survey finds low risk to public

Food Safety News

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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FDA warns St. Louis company about unsanitary conditions in noodle plant

Food Safety News

FDA investigators found serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (CGMP & PC rule), Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, part 117 (21 CFR part 117). You should provide documentation that these corrections have been done.

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CA Department of Health Issues Advisory for Canned Foods Sold by Cannery Not Registered with State Cannery Program

Penn State Food Safety Blog

California has a Cannery Program that establishes requirements for California facilities that package both both low acid and acidified foods in sealed containers. link] How is this different than FDA Acidified or Low Acid Canned food regulations? Expiration date October 1/2024.

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FDA sends Cooperstown Cheese Company warning after inspection finds Listeria in facility

Food Safety News

Cooperstown Cheese Company LLC Milford, NY A food firm in New York 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. These violations include the presence of Listeria monocytogenes, mold and more.

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Highlights and significant changes of USDA’s revised regulations on organic foods

Food Safety Tech

New regulations relating to traceability make it easier to follow a product from birth to sale. New language requires certified operations to keep records that “span the time of purchase or acquisition, through production, to sale or transport and be traceable back to the last certified operation.”