The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance that is intended to help accreditation bodies, third-party certification bodies, and eligible entities understand Accredited Third-Party Certification Program requirements by answering frequently asked questions.
New York State’s Produce Traceability Task Force recently published a document that offers best management practices and protocols for strengthening produce supply chains.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently published a comprehensive paper that discusses the available international and national regulatory strategies for combatting food fraud.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a draft guidance that will clarify how FDA evaluates the public health risk of food allergens that are not one of the major nine food allergens identified by law in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
The Codex Alimentarius Committee has drafted a new guidance for the management of microbiological foodborne illness outbreaks at the recent Committee on Food Hygiene meeting.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Model for Thermally Processed, Commercially Sterile Product guideline.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft and final guidance topics that it plans to make a priority for its foods program to complete over the next 12 months.