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MAY 12, 2023

Food safety is a critical aspect of running any restaurant. Compliance with regulatory guidelines related to food safety and quality is essential to ensure customer safety and prevent potential legal issues.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

In this bonus episode of Food Safety Matters , we are joined by two experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about the agency’s enforcement of allergen requirements for foods, allergen recall trends, and the implications of the FASTER Act officially making sesame a major food allergen.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture recently signed a memorandum of understanding, entering the agencies into a partnership agreement to set the foundation for domestic mutual reliance and an integrated food safety system in Pennsylvania.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Concerns around food safety and scalability have surfaced since the successful launch of cultivated meat products in the U.S. regulatory framework addresses food safety within the cultivated meat space. This article summarizes recent regulatory developments that provide insight on how the current U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

introduced the bicameral Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act (EFSIA) , legislation that would grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the authority to collect microbial samples from concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) during outbreaks or when there is a public health need.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

— OPINION — By Frank Yianna s and Mindy Brashears Both of us have dedicated our careers to advancing food safety and protecting the public. There aren’t too many topics more important for a nation than its ability to provide its citizens access to safe, nutritious, and available food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2023

In the waning days of 2022, FDA issued an updated Food Code with several important updates. FDA is responsible for more than a quarter of the U.S. economy, and the Food Code impacts virtually every American. Let’s examine the key new provisions of the 2022 Food Code. How does this modify cooking requirements?

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Every person and family has a story – all of them quite horrible and heroic – that they would take up every page of Food Safety News through the end of the year. So, I really was going to take the weekend off and then Food Safety News reporter Helena Bottemiller (a.k.a. In the U.S.

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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. He is tasked with reorganizing the agency to develop better coordination among the multiple departments involved in the regulation of human foods in the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 7, 2023

Gavin Newsom signed the California Food Safety Act , the first law in the U.S. to ban four harmful chemicals from candy, cereal, soda, and other processed food sold and produced in the state. is so far behind the rest of the world regarding food safety, he said. It’s unacceptable that the U.S. We applaud Gov.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 7, 2023

It reminded me of another post of nearly a decade ago when we were in the middle of yet another cantaloupe mess – here is the post: By Bill Marler on November 30, 2018 FDA and industry and Congress all need to step up and do something. The AMS has never really been much concerned about food safety, nor is Big Fresh.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 31, 2023

How much information do you have about the foods your company handles in the course of business? If subjected to a food recall, would you be able to produce clear records delineating every touchpoint where the food was produced, harvested, processed or transformed, shipped, received, and used?

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 25, 2023

Food safety and quality professionals can take advantage of three days of education, networking and panel discussions at the 11 th Annual Food Safety Consortium , October 16-18 in Parsippany, New Jersey. This year’s event is co-located with the Cannabis Quality Conference and Food Defense Consortium.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

A senator and representative have introduced legislation that would give the FDA and CDC authority to enter and collect samples at feedlots during foodborne illness outbreaks. These farms are part of the food system and can be a source of illness. coli outbreak investigation, the FDA traced the strain of outbreak E.

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Bill Marler

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put together guidelines to advise consumers to clean cantaloupe before eating. The washing and sanitizing process for fresh produce recommended by the FDA involves washing and scrubbing to remove the dirt and microbes (FDA, 2018).

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The FDA has released its final food safety guidance for producers of sprouts, a food that has been linked to several outbreaks in recent years. The Food and Drug Administration has also released a revised draft of a second guidance document that includes a section on testing spent sprout irrigation water for pathogens.

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OCTOBER 3, 2023

— OPINION — By Scott Faber Anyone who cares about the safety of our food wishes that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had the resources to protect consumers from dangerous food chemicals like those banned by AB 418, the California Food Safety Act, a bill that Governor Newsom may sign into law at any moment.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It was originally to ban five dangerous substances from food, but titanium dioxide was ultimately allowed. It is a food additive for whitening or opacity used in gum. state to ban food products containing the dangerous additives brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, and red dye 3 beginning on Jan.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This episode of Food Safety Matters features a discussion about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Food Code in light of its 30 th anniversary.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 27, 2023

According to Food Safety News, the number of children affected by extremely high levels of lead in cinnamon applesauce pouches continues to grow, and some adults are now reported in the outbreak. Food and Drug Administration is testing other products. The FDA has found, as of Dec. and Ecuadorian officials.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

CDC FDA’s onsite inspection of the Austrofoods facility in Ecuador has ended. However, the FDA investigation of the elevated lead levels in recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches continues. The FDA has tested multiple products and, based on the current evidence, there are no further products being added to the recall at this time.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food. A year ago, the FDA said that cultivated meat produced by Upside Foods is safe. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf called it a “food revolution.”

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts.

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Food Safety Tech

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Frank Yiannas, former Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response at the FDA, has joined the iFoodDS Board of Directors. iFoodDS is a provider of connected traceability, quality and food safety solutions. Yiannas will advise the company on strategy. We are excited to welcome him to the iFoodDS board of directors.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

3 as food additives, the FDA has announced its proposal to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of BVO in food. Food companies are currently allowed to use BVO, a vegetable oil that is modified with bromine, in small amounts to keep the citrus flavoring from floating to the top in some beverages.

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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. So, what would I do with a Food Safety Magic Wand on day one?

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration has released an update on its work to develop a strategy to help prevent Cronobacter sakazakii illnesses related to powdered infant formula. 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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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Usually, an elected official charges before the evidence is in, and the bureaucrat provides an open-ended background about the food safety problem. Jim Jones, FDA’s new DeputyC for Human Foods, has raised the possibility that the applesauce packages are “purposefully contaminated with lead.”

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Food and Drug Administration plans to revoke the regulation authorizing the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food. It’s been permitted in small amounts by the FDA. In 1970, the FDA determined BVO was no longer “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) and began overseeing its use under our food additive regulations.

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Food Safety Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2023

A new coalition between various food safety stakeholders has been formed with the purpose of advocating for a modernized, effective Human Foods Program at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Food Safety Tech

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Last week, hundreds of food safety professionals, members of the FDA and USDA, and leaders in academia, food safety testing and cybersecurity met in Parsippany, New Jersey, for the 2023 Food Safety Consortium. A key focus will be risk management prioritization.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

James “Jim” Jones will serve as the FDA’s first Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods. Per the FDA’s announcement , Jones, in this new executive position will lead the charge in setting and advancing priorities for a proposed unified Human Foods Program (HFP). Jones is scheduled to begin at the FDA on September 24, 2023.

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Food Safety Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently rolled out additional resources to help entities comply with Section 204 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA 204), also known as the Food Traceability Final Rule.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The FDA is alerting parents and caregivers about two varieties of LittleOak infant formulas that the company is currently recalling. The products have been sold in the United States illegally because the company has not submitted the required premarket notification to the Food and Drug Administration.

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Food Safety Tech

JULY 25, 2023

Waiting until a product is at the tail end of R&D to examine potential food safety and regulatory compliance issues can lead to unnecessary delays and tension between teams, according to experts at the 2023 IAFP Conference in Toronto. This can help companies chart a regulatory path and smooth the transition to market.

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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. 1503A (the Great Room), Silver Spring, MD 20993. 1503A (the Great Room), Silver Spring, MD 20993.

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