The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three participants in the FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The participants have successfully demonstrated management of the safety and security of their supply chains.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tools to identify possible multistate outbreaks, investigate their cause, and communicate about them to the public. But it needs to balance the need to communicate quickly against the need to provide accurate and specific information.
An article published by Iowa Capital Dispatch details some of the allegations against managers at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the launch of a multi-year partnership with several California stakeholders to improve food safety through the enhanced understanding of environmental pathogens that may cause foodborne illness outbreaks.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has finished its scientific report examining critical issues in food safety risk communication and social practices in the EU.
During the second public meeting to discuss the proposed rule entitled, “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods,” the FDA expressed their intent to extend the comment period for the information collection provisions that is set to close on November 23rd.
Bill will add sesame as the ninth major allergen, require the federal government to analyze research opportunities to help develop more effective treatments for food allergy.
Models and tools developed will advance next-generation food safety risk assessments to improve risk management of foodborne illness and better protect public health.
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