Dr. Bechara Choucair, White House vaccination coordinator, joins AgriTalk’s Chip Flory to discuss Full FDA approval of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people 16 years old and older.
The Packer's editors recap the big topics of the week, from the extension of the comment period on the FDA's food traceability rule and the 2021 outlook to redder tomatoes and better citrus merchandising.
BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain platform provider, has launched the TraceHarvest Network, which allows access to supply chain information to improve food safety and other measures.
The Food and Drug Administration and its counterparts in Mexico are taking steps to strengthen collaboration on food safety, from outbreak investigations to training and outbreak prevention measures.
(UPDATED) The Food and Drug Administration has proposed new traceability rules that seek elevated record-keeping for many fresh produce items, from all fresh-cut products to leafy greens and tomatoes.
Three government agencies are partnering with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, with plans to formalize industry education and outreach with the three founders of the alliance.
iTradeNetwork has plans to offer 2,000 perishable food and beverage companies free use of its iTracefresh traceability suite, in what it calls an important leap to industry-wide traceability.
An outbreak of Cyclospora illnesses linked to fresh basil appears to be over, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Department of Health and Human Services has named Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, as acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
Scott Gottlieb, the Food and Drug Administration commissioner whose two-year tenure has included oversight of recent romaine outbreaks and implementation of many Food Safety Modernization Act regulations, has resigned.
The Food and Drug Administration has released its second installment of what food facilities should do to protect against intentional adulteration of foods.
Tasked with shifting food safety oversight from a reactive to proactive role, the Food and Drug Administration has released a plan on methods to stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 15 plans to start inspections of high-risk food facilities, which include leafy green processing plants, using mostly unpaid furloughed employees.
After a five-year stint focusing on food safety at the Produce Marketing Association, Jim Gorny has returned to the Food and Drug Administration as senior science advisor for produce safety.
Jim Gorny is leaving the Produce Marketing Association to join the Food and Drug Administration, one of several moves from the agency in recent weeks to focus more on food safety.
The Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture, citing the agencies' dual roles with enforcing the Food Safety Modernization Act, have pledged to work together on food oversight.
Upcoming food safety seminars by AudioEducator will feature topics including food fraud and the effect of the Trump Administration on the Food and Drug Administration.
Saying its new guidance will emphasize prevention of food safety problems, the Food and Drug Administration has issued revised draft guidance on the control of Listeria monocytogenes in fresh produce and other ready-to-e