The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has released the first edition of its Food Safety Auditor Competencies on the GFSI website, which are freely available for download by any interested stakeholders. The framework is the culmination of three years of work by the multi?disciplinary GFSI Auditor Competence Working Group, which was mandated by the GFSI Board to define generic food safety auditor competencies underpinning GFSI-benchmarked schemes, and the mechanisms by which they can be assessed and verified.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Nov. 21 issued final guidance recommending that primary seafood processors who purchase reef fish such as grouper, amberjack, snapper, lionfish, king mackerel, and barracuda take steps to minimize consumers’ risk of ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) from the fish they distribute.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today made available its Second Biennial Report to Congress on the Food Emergency Response Network (FERN), as required by Section 202 (b) of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Third-quarter food recalls enforced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have doubled compared to the second quarter. Supporting data were reported by Stericycle ExpertRECALL in its quarterly ExpertRECALL™ Index.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the availability of presentations from two recent public meetings about proposed rules on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs and the Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies, pursuant to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period on two proposed rules: “Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals” (FSVPs) and “Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and to Issue Certifications” (Third-Party) that appeared in the July 29, 2013 Federal Register. Comments on these two proposed rules as well as comments on the information collection provisions associated with these rules may be submitted until Jan. 27, 2014. Comments were originally due by Nov. 26, 2013.
The Tesco supermarket chain on Nov. 15 announced it is recalling its own-brand chocolate ice-cream cones from stores in the UK and Ireland, after painkillers were found in two individual cones. The novelties were supplied by R&R Ice Cream.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) on Nov. 20 announced that it has suspended the operating license of Establishment 457, Salaison Levesque Inc., effective Nov. 18, 2013. Salaison Levesque Inc. is a ready-to-eat meat processing establishment located in Montreal, Quebec.
Agendas for the upcoming FSMA public meetings on the Proposed Rule to Establish Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals are now available.
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