National Frozen Foods Corporation is voluntarily recalling Not-Ready-To-Eat, Individually Quick Frozen green beans and mixed vegetables because they could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Event to feature Food and Beverage VPs who will discuss food safety and sanitary design.
January 26, 2018
The Food Safety & Sanitary Design panel will feature expert speakers from all major industry segments and retail presenting on the important food safety issues currently facing the industry.
When it comes to trust, federal regulatory agencies rank eighth and food companies rank last on a list of 11 choices.
January 18, 2018
While food companies, federal regulatory agencies and farmers are held responsible for ensuring the health and safety of food, not all are trusted to get the job done, according to new research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), Kansas City, Mo.
Plastics, paper and other packaging materials bring many benefits to the food supply chain, including sterility and prolonged shelf life. However, there is the potential for transfer of chemicals from the packaging to the food, which is why FDA regulations surrounding food contact materials exist. Understanding this legislation is key to creating effective, safe and legally compliant packaging.
Although FDA has temporarily relaxed some specific rules, processors are not necessarily off the hook, and may want to contact their food safety consultants.
The FDA intends to exercise enforcement discretion for certain provisions in four of the FSMA rules until it can work out issues presented in feedback from several entities or stakeholders, especially farms, packing facilities and importers.