Any data collected will be used to consider whether any of these produce commodities should be added to the rarely consumed raw (RCR) list and thereby exempt from the Produce Safety rule.
Three manufacturers have agreed to a 3-year phase-out of their sales of compounds that contain 6:2 FTOH for use as food contact substances in the U.S. marketplace, beginning in 2021.
Lynne McLandsborough’s $434,215 grant was one of 19 food safety and defense grants totaling $8 million announced by the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
EPA’s approval of this protocol means that companies may use the data developed using the protocol to support registration of new treatment products, or amendments to current products’ labels, for use against foodborne pathogens in preharvest agricultural water.
The “safe to eat raw” products are made using heat-treated flour and pasteurized eggs, making it safe to consume either baked or straight from the package.
The decision comes under the authority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, the agency in charge of facilitating the efficient marketing of milk and dairy products worldwide.
These competitive funding opportunities are intended to support targeted outreach, education, and training to enhance food safety and FSMA compliance, with a focus on the produce safety and preventive controls for human foods rules.
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