FMT Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

According to the Pesticide Residues in Food Regulation (Cap. 132CM), a food for human consumption containing pesticide residue may only be sold if consumption of the food is not dangerous or prejudicial to health. An offender is liable to a maximum fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for six months upon conviction.”

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

— 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.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

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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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

NEW – Preventive Controls for Human Foods 2.0 – Kathy Gombas, Senior Advisor, FSMA Solutions and Martin Bucknavage, Senior Food Extension Associate and Team Lead, Industry Food Safety and Quality, Penn State will lead this new 2.5-day day course.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This was followed by reports of ongoing missteps up and down FDA’s food regulation. Two top food regulators were depicted as conflicting with one another and have since departed. Early in his tenure, the FDA was blistered for its handling of an infant formula outbreak and the resulting shortages.

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FMT Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the country’s apex food regulator, has taken stern action against Food Business Operators (FBOs) found to be violating food safety laws.

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FMT Magazine

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has stated that there should not be any nutritional info on the label of an alcoholic beverage. The food regulator has notified amended regulations, in this regard, stating that except energy content, the label should not carry any nutritional info.

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FMT Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The food regulator added that, once an application is marked for inspection in non-mandatory categories, inspection should be done within 15 days. And, in case, inspection is not conducted within 15 days, DO should recall the application back to Document Scrutiny Stage in FoSCoS and grant the licence.

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FMT Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The food regulator added that, once an application is marked for inspection in non-mandatory categories, inspection should be done within 15 days. And, in case, inspection is not conducted within 15 days, DO should recall the application back to Document Scrutiny Stage in FoSCoS and grant the licence.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 10, 2024

Camino, CA The FDA has warned a juice processing company in California about serious violations of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point regulation, and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. 30 warning letter, the FDA described Nov.

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Food Safety News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Here is an overview of each bill: SB 577 —Local Food Regulations and the Local Food Regulation Registry SB 577 provides clarity to food establishments and licensing authorities regarding the enforceability of health regulations.

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FMT Magazine

MARCH 7, 2024

FSSAI is a statutory body formed and empowered under the food law i.e. the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, as the apex regulator as regards food law and food standards in India.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

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?

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FMT Magazine

JULY 28, 2023

The FSSAI has decided to extend the date of enforcement of FSS (Advertising and Claims) Second Regulations, 2022, for six months from June 13 so that food businesses could exhaust their existing food packaging materials.

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Eating at a Meeting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which oversees U.S. food regulations, announced temporary flexibility policy regarding certain labeling requirements for foods for humans during COVID-19. In May 2020 during and because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Food Safety News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Codex has set a maximum level of 50 micrograms per kilogram for patulin in apple juice, which some national food regulators have adopted. Patulin levels in concentrate varieties were higher than in reconstituted and freshly made juice. Almost 90 percent of apple juice products had levels below this limit.

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Food Safety News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A total of 8,000 tons of products were seized, including 6.5 million liters of mainly alcohol, according to data reported to Europol. Also, 400 inspections were carried out, 143 arrest warrants were issued, and 168 search warrants were executed.

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Food Safety News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Participants were surprised when told that food regulations could be devolved across the UK. This stemmed from a belief that food safety is unlikely to require national variation. Views toward regulatory divergence from EU legislation differed depending on attitudes toward the UK leaving the European Union.

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Bill Marler

MARCH 29, 2022

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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FMT Magazine

APRIL 16, 2024

The work across the entire food supply chain is crucial for consumers and brands seeking to ensure the safety of their products and processes.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MAY 13, 2024

During that inspection we found that your firm had serious deviations from the Emergency Permit Control regulation (Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 108 (21 CFR Part 108), the Low Acid Canned Foods regulation (21 CFR Part 113). Your significant violations are as follows: 1.

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Eating at a Meeting

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which oversees U.S. food regulations, announced temporary flexibility policy regarding certain labeling requirements for foods for humans during COVID-19. In May 2020 during and because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Food Safety News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Amendments to rules on food safety and a new law on official controls have been prepared but are yet to be adopted. Legislation was amended in December 2022 to align with the EU on requirements for microbiological criteria for food.

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Food Safety News

AUGUST 13, 2023

Trenton, NJ A food firm in New Jersey 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. 13 and 17 and March 17 inspection of Porfirios Italian Foods Inc.’s

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Food Safety News

MARCH 3, 2024

. § 343(w)], in that the finished product label fails to declare a major food allergen (sesame). Your facilities are subject to the requirements of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (CGMP and PC rule) (21 CFR Part 117).

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JANUARY 11, 2024

Salmonella in Peanut Butter (May 2022) Inspectors found "found serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation" and "failure of the owner, operator, or agent in charge of a covered facility to comply with the preventive controls provisions of the CGMP & (..)

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Food Safety News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Houston, TX A food firm in Texas is on notice from the FDA of severe violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation. These violations include the presence of rodents, maggots and more. 5, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described an Aug.

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The FDA Hazards Guide is a document intended to help with the compliance of meeting specific Preventive Controls for Human Food regulations. Chapter 12, Food Allergen Program, sets out to "is to explain how to establish and implement a food allergen program".

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

The inspection determined there were significant violations of the Acidified Foods regulation [Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 114 (21 CFR Part 114)] and Emergency Permit Control regulation [Title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 108 (21 CFR Part 108)]. 343], as discussed below.

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GFI

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In 2023, GFI also launched the first State of the Industry Report on the German alternative protein ecosystem and engaged with the Bioeconomy Council—and in November, the German parliament paved the way for a €38+ million investment in the protein transition in 2024.

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Food Safety News

MARCH 11, 2024

Those proposals deal with: additional oversight tools, such as expanding authorities for information-sharing with states, broadening authority to request records or other information in advance of or instead of inspections of all FDA-regulated commodities, and requiring importers to destroy products that present a significant public health concern, (..)

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Bill Marler

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

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]

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Foreign manufacturers must be in compliance with Preventive Controls for Human Foods regulations. As part of that program, importers must conduct a hazard analysis and then develop and implement verification activities for any significant hazard identified.

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Bill Marler

DECEMBER 23, 2021

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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Penn State Food Safety Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

Additional comments: Your facilities are subject to the requirements of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (CGMP and PC rule) (21 CFR Part 117).

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 8, 2024

Additional comments Your facilities are subject to the requirements of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation (CGMP and PC rule) (21 CFR Part 117).

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Penn State Food Safety Blog

MARCH 27, 2024

You can find the Act, the Emergency Permit Control regulation, the Acidified Food regulation, the Seafood HACCP regulation, and the CGMP & PC rule through links on FDA’s home page at www.fda.gov. Your significant violations are as follows: Acidified Foods Violations (21 CFR Part 108 and 114): 1.

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