With the rise of Coronavirus overseas and now in the United States, Good Manufacturing Practices—and all that it entails, including handwashing—are more important than ever.
The 2017 FDA Food Code is a key component of a public health framework for maintaining a safe food supply and strengthening our nation's food protection system.
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted a warning letter issued to Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC for engaging in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale adulterated fresh produce, specifically clover sprouts and cucumbers.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the appointment of Paul Kiecker to serve as administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
In an effort to allow FDA to sample water, soil and environmental conditions on USDA-regulated concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), New York Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand introduced a bill that would provide the FDA authority to conduct microbial sampling on CAFOs as necessary for a foodborne illness outbreak investigation, determine the outbreak’s root cause or address other public health needs.
The FDA has issued final guidance to help manufacturers of packaged foods comply with the updated Nutrition Facts labeling regulations, which addresses serving sizes of foods, including single-serving foods and other foods that can reasonably be consumed at one eating occasion and require dual-column labeling.
Technology and innovation are taking center stage as the FDA gets set to issue its long-awaited blueprint detailing additional standards under the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act.
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