Food and Drug Administration
A meeting designed to shed light on the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative is so popular that no spots are available, and the webcast of the meeting has also hit the maximum number allowed.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, has introduced a bill designed to allow regulators easier access to animal farms during investigations into the source of foodborne illness outbreaks.
Processor Missa Bay LLC has recalled more than three dozen salad products with romaine as investigators search for a cause of an eight-state E. coli outbreak with 17 cases.
E. coli outbreaks linked to California romaine over, but investigations continue, and growers are pledging stricter guidelines for leafy greens.
Registrar Corp. has upgraded it FDA Compliance Monitor with risk evaluation tools.
Costco Wholesale Corp., Issaquah, Wash., is the first participant approved by the Food and Drug Administration for its Voluntary Qualified Importer Program.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating another E. coli outbreak linked to sprouts from Jimmy John’s restaurants, just days after the FDA warned the company its food safety procedures were lacking.
Jimmy John’s has a pattern of receiving and selling “adulterated” sprouts and cucumbers, leading to repeated outbreaks of foodborne illness, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The Food and Drug Administration’s Frank Yiannas has a message for consumers: food is available and it is safe.
The Food and Drug Administration is asking importers to send records required by the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Foreign Supplier Verification Programs electronically.
The Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period for establishing a laboratory accreditation program for testing food.
Members of the Food and Beverage Issues Alliance have collaborated with the Food and Drug Administration on guidelines for food companies to follow if an employee or customer tests positive for COVID-19.
The Food and Drug Administration is giving smaller farms flexibility on remaining exempt from the Produce Safety Rule even if they shift sales to new buyers.
The Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period for the third installment of the draft guidance on Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has a new subcommittee that focuses on how land adjacent to leafy greens fields might contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks from romaine lettuce.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a second notice to the importance of food safety measures to the Mexican papaya industry.
As expected, the Food and Drug Administration’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety leans heavily on technology, particularly in traceability and outbreak responses.
The Food and Drug Administration has set a goal of restarting on-site inspection of FDA-regulated facilities the week of July 20.
Another retailer has recalled onions that came from a California grower because some of the onions from the company have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.
Taylor Farms Texas, Dallas, has recalled seven products and the USDA has issued a public health alert for six other items from the company because they all contain onions linked to a salmonella outbreak.
The FDA is seeking data to determine if produce commodities with low reported consumption should be added to the “rarely consumed raw” list and thereby exempt from the agency’s Produce Safety Rule.
Sysco Canada is recalling red onions imported from the U.S., naming the onions as the possible source of a salmonella outbreak, and Canadian health officials are advising people not to eat the onions.
(UPDATED) Thomson International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif., is recalling onions it grew after the Food and Drug Administration identified them in a salmonella outbreak.
The Food and Drug Administration has set fiscal year 2021 fees for inspection relating to imports and third-party audits under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
Bolthouse Farms continues its donation program, Argentine lemon importer Salix Fruits reports high demand and New York agencies releases guidelines in this latest roundup of COVID-19-related news.
Fortune Food Product Inc., a Chicago sprout grower and maker of soy products, has agreed to shut down after the Food and Drug Administration issued its first injunction under the Produce Safety Rule.
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.
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 USDA now has the authority under the Defense Production Act to help prevent supply interruptions at FDA-regulated food facilities, including farms, packinghouses and fresh-cut processing facilities.
Leafy green growers are pledging to follow recommendations that the Food and Drug Administration recently outlined in a report on E. coli outbreaks in romaine and other leafy Greens in 2019.