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NACCHO Announces 7th Cohort for the Mentorship Program for the Retail Program...

NACCHO is pleased to announce the seventh cohort for its Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards, made possible through a...

Dec 05, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act Dates

    The US Food and Drug Administration has created a new webpage that lists compliance dates for rules that form the Food Safety...

    Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • FSMA Update: “Co-Manufacturers” Allowed Additional Time to Implement Certain...

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance, “Supply-Chain Program Requirements and Co-Manufacturer...

    Nov 06, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • Impact of the NACCHO Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards

    The History of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program Did you know that that each year 48 million people get sick from a...

    Sep 28, 2017 | Amy Chang

  • Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food Terrorism in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    By: Jim Armstrong, MS, RS, Program Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health Importance of Food...

    Sep 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    • Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Releases Draft Guidance for Intentional Adulteration Rule

    The following announcement is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): The FDA released the first of three installments of a draft guidance document designed to support compliance with the Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The remaining two installments are expected to come out later this year. […]

    Jun 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Data Dashboard Expanded to Include Food Safety Modernization Act

    The following announcement is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): A new section of the FDA Data Dashboard has been launched to help importers and manufacturers/processors meet supply-chain requirements under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by helping them more easily find compliance and enforcement information related to specific firms. Three of […]

    Jun 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Food Safety & Inspection, Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Programs

    New FDA Guidance on the Foreign Supplier Verification Program Rule

    On March 21, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released guidance on the Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) rule regarding the importation of live animals. Under this guidance, the FDA states that is does not intend to enforce the FSVP requirements in attempts to make the importation of some of these animals less taxing. Instead, […]

    Mar 23, 2018 | Alex Fraser

    Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Standards Guidance Documents

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued five guidance documents to help importers and food producers understand and meet new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Standards. The guidance documents include the following: A draft guidance on Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule A Small Entity Compliance Guide on the FSVP rule A draft guidance on […]

    Jan 31, 2018 | Amy Chang

    NACCHO Announces 7th Cohort for the Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards

    NACCHO is pleased to announce the seventh cohort for its Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards, made possible through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The peer mentorship program provides opportunities to learn, share experiences, and acquire tools and resources related to the FDA’s Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory […]

    Dec 05, 2017 | Amy Chang

    New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act Dates

    The US Food and Drug Administration has created a new webpage that lists compliance dates for rules that form the Food Safety Modernization Act. The rules include the following: Preventive Controls for Human Food Preventive Controls for Animal Food Produce Safety Foreign Supplier Verification Sanitary Transportation Intentional Adulteration A graphic timeline that lists the key […]

    Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang

    FSMA Update: “Co-Manufacturers” Allowed Additional Time to Implement Certain Supply-Chain Program Requirements

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a guidance, “Supply-Chain Program Requirements and Co-Manufacturer Supplier Approval and Verification for Human Food and Animal Food: Guidance for Industry,” designed to give certain co-manufacturers more time to meet supplier approval and verification requirements under three FDA food safety regulations. These regulations were...

    Nov 06, 2017 | Amy Chang

    Impact of the NACCHO Mentorship Program for the Retail Program Standards

    The History of NACCHO’s Retail Program Standards Mentorship Program Did you know that that each year 48 million people get sick from a foodborne illness, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die in the United States?[1] Or that 60% of foodborne illness outbreaks occur at restaurants? [2] Given the gravity of the situation, the U.S. Food […]

    Sep 28, 2017 | Amy Chang

    Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food Terrorism in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    By: Jim Armstrong, MS, RS, Program Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health Importance of Food Defense In 2004, Tommy Thompson, former director of the Department of Health and Human Services, famously said, “I, for the life of me, cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply, because it is […]

    Sep 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

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