Food and Drug Administration
Registrar Corp’s director of food safety explains how siloed records, rapid product turnover and incomplete traceback data make regulators unable to pinpoint root causes, leaving major foodborne outbreaks unresolved.
Angela Fernandez, senior vice president of market development at GS1 US, discusses what businesses and organizations should keep in mind about the 30-month extension for enforcement and compliance.
The agency officially says this extension does not amend the final rule requirements but allows all stakeholders to fully prepare for implementation.
The FDA has proposed a new summary nutrition label for the front of packaged foods to give consumers quick information.
The agency said the extension does not amend the requirements of the final rule but provides additional time to ensure complete coordination.
The Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period for the introduction, and Appendix 1, of the draft guidance on Preventive Controls for Human Food by an additional 60 days.
The reorganization aims to more effectively protect public health from foodborne illness outbreaks and other food safety risks. Implementation of the plan is set to begin on Oct. 1.
The House of Representatives on March 22 passed a $1.3 trillion spending package, sending it to the Senate for a vote March 23 to avert a government shutdown that would begin that night.
Products in the U.S. have been added to a recall on greenhouse microgreens originating in Canada.
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 Food and Drug Administration is urging the produce industry and various organizations studying how E. coli came into contact with romaine grown in Yuma, Ariz., to continue working with the agency on the issue.
Health officials have again increased the number of consumers who’ve contracted Cyclospora illnesses linked to recalled Del Monte vegetable trays.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an outbreak of Salmonella Adelaide linked to fresh-cut melons distributed by Caito Foods LLC is over, but health officials were unable to find a common source.
Fresh Express, whose salads were pulled from about 3,000 McDonald’s restaurants after they were linked to a cyclospora outbreak, has a panel of food safety and industry experts to study the parasites.
The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into the source of an outbreak of cyclosporiasis from McDonald’s salads continues, with a focus on distributors and growers of romaine and carrots in the salads.
FDA officials looking into the source of the cyclospora in McDonald’s salads found two samples of U.S.-grown romaine with the parasites, although they weren’t connected to the outbreak attributed to the salads.
The Food and Drug Administration is considering a policy of releasing the names of retailers who have products involved in outbreaks that could result in illness or deaths.
The Center for Produce Safety has announced 13 new research awards at about $2.6 million.
The Food and Drug Administration has released draft documents designed to help growers better understand the Produce Safety Rule and processors understand the Preventive Controls Rule.
The FDA investigation into an E. coli outbreak from Yuma, Ariz., romaine turned up no specific source, but concluded it’s likely contaminated irrigation water from a canal that passes near a cattle operation.
When the Food and Drug Administration tells a food company to issue a recall “or else,” a new document describes exactly what that means.
With a post on their website at 2:30 p.m. Eastern today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a bombshell.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has added to the number of cases of E. coli linked to romaine lettuce in that country.
“No report issued as all commerce is halted by an FDA and CDC advisory not to consume Romaine Lettuce.”
Registration is closing for four Food and Drug Administration meetings on proposals for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule.
The FDA says romaine lettuce is now safe to eat following the “purge” of product on the market, and grower-shippers agreed to new labeling standards that will include where the lettuce is grown.
The Food and Drug Administration has released results of hot pepper and avocado pathogen testing under a program that shines a spotlight on select fruits and vegetables to examine possible food safety issues.