The World Health Organization (WHO) recently held its third annual Health Talks on Food Safety in honor of World Food Safety Day, which explored how industry and regulators can achieve “safer food, better health” by influencing consumer behavior, intentionally structuring food safety systems, and improving the supply chain.
Food companies that prepare fresh food items often source individual ingredients from primary suppliers. The food safety risk is typically controlled at primary supplier plants or farms; however, the food safety stakes are high. It is necessary to have "boots on the ground" to assess how food safety and quality programs are integrated with the front-line operation for those suppliers who mitigate food safety risk on the behalf of a receiving company.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a new webpage with resources for farmers and producers of human and animal food whose crops are adversely affected by severe weather incidents.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has answered frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) final rule on the Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF).
The U.S. Senate has introduced a bill that would enforce stricter regulation of the Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) rule and that calls for the creation of a new office within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that would assess chemicals in food.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a webinar to clarify its recent Guidance for Industry on Infant Formula Enforcement Discretion Policy, which is part of FDA’s efforts to mitigate the infant formula shortage in the U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has amended its food additive regulations and issued a request for information regarding phthalates in response to petitions requesting that FDA address the substances in food packaging and food contact surfaces
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Stop Foodborne Illness joined forces to present a webinar, titled, “Building a Coalition of Food Safety Culture Champions Across Your Organization.”
In light of the current infant formula supply shortage, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will enter a consent decree with Abbott Nutrition that will allow the company to resume production of formula products at its Sturgis, Michigan facility. FDA also released a guidance that will allow formula manufacturers and importers greater flexibility.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final guidance on reducing microbial food safety hazards in the production of seeds for sprouts.