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Because inspections are broad in scope and use established standards, they have to be objective.

FDA found that while employees were aware of food safety rules and regulations, food defense awareness was not as high.

Microbial growth niches occur when moisture, nutrition, time and growth-conducive temperatures occur in a non-sterile environment.

Third-party audits have played, and by necessity will continue to play, a very important role in assuring the safety of the food supply.

The food industry has implemented a number of approaches to food safety inspection through the years, including finished product testing, and GMP and HACCP verification audits.

Electronic HACCP should also support the data collection and handling associated with assignable cause and corrective action logging.

Regardless of the method of raising meat animals, dairy livestock or poultry, the greatest contributor to humane handling is management practices.

A key discipline for further reducing foodborne illness and strengthening food safety systems is risk analysis.

The Threshold of Regulation program exempts substances that contact food from being listed as food additives if they migrate into foods at levels that result in no appreciable harm.

Challenges of the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act in considering exemption of ingredients from allergen labeling are discussed.