Today, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) announced plans to change its name next year. GMA will become the Consumer Brands Association (CBA) effective January 2020.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut has announced that Memet Beqiri, 32, owner and general manager of New England Meat Packing, LLC, and Debbie Smith, 60, the company’s former Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) coordinator/quality control officer, both pleaded guilty to falsifying numerous Escherichia coli test results.
A new joint initiative between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Arizona Department of Agriculture, the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension (UACE), the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District (WMIDD), and various members of the Yuma, AZ, leafy greens industry will review the ecology of human pathogens in the environment in the Yuma agricultural region.
The input received at this meeting, and in comments submitted to the accompanying Federal Register docket, will help shape an FDA Blueprint for a New Era of Smarter Food Safety.
For the first time in more than five decades, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is modernizing inspection at market hog slaughter establishments.
The Coconut Coalition of the Americas (CCA) has announced plans to submit a citizen petition officially asking the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove coconuts from its list of allergenic tree nuts.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced a new law that will require more foods to be labeled with allergen information. The new law will go into effect in October 2021.
This cooperative agreement will advance the agency’s efforts to develop a nationally integrated food safety system by helping to ensure consistency of state and territorial produce safety regulatory programs with the Produce Safety Rule.
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