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FDA Menu Labeling Guidance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance on the Menu Labeling: Supplemental Guidance for Industry. The...
Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang
Food Safety Magazine: October/November 2017 Edition
The October/November 2017 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on the...
Nov 14, 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
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response: Assessing the Legal and Institutional Framework...
The 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) aims to create an integrated food safety system. The free flow of information is vital...
Oct 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
Proposed Extension for Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label Final Rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the compliance date for the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label Final...
Oct 04, 2017 | Amy Chang
FDA Steps to Ensure Farmers Are Prepared for the Food Safety Modernization Act
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, M.D.,outlined the immediate next steps in ensuring the...
Sep 28, 2017 | Amy Chang
Q & A: Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food Terrorism
By: Jim Armstrong, MS, RS, Program Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health In 2016, the U.S....
Sep 25, 2017 | Kim Rodgers
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
FDA Menu Labeling GuidanceThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released draft guidance on the Menu Labeling: Supplemental Guidance for Industry. The guidance addresses industry and other concerns that FDA received on the May 2017 interim final rule. The compliance date for the rule was extended for a year to May 7, 2018. The guidance is set […] Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Food Safety Magazine: October/November 2017 EditionThe October/November 2017 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on the following such as the Food Safety Modernization Act challenges for small processors and effective control plans for allergens. Read the issue here. Nov 14, 2017 | Amy Chang |
New Webpage for Key Food Safety Modernization Act DatesThe 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 RequirementsThe 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 |
Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response: Assessing the Legal and Institutional Framework for Interagency Information SharingThe 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) aims to create an integrated food safety system. The free flow of information is vital to reaching the goal of such a system, but, unfortunately, information sharing among federal, state, and local agencies faces policy and legal obstacles. Federal and state privacy laws and enforcement laws sometimes prevent the […] Oct 18, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Proposed Extension for Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label Final RuleThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the compliance date for the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Label Final Rule to January, 1, 2020. This extension will give food manufacturers an extra 18 to 30 months to comply to the revised Nutrition Facts, Supplement Facts and Serving Size labels on their products. While the food […] Oct 04, 2017 | Amy Chang |
FDA Steps to Ensure Farmers Are Prepared for the Food Safety Modernization ActThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, M.D.,outlined the immediate next steps in ensuring the successful implementation of the Produce Safety Rule established by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Dr. Gottlieb recognized a need for additional efforts to educate the produce industry and state regulatory partners on the new produce safety requirements,... Sep 28, 2017 | Amy Chang |
Q & A: Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food TerrorismBy: Jim Armstrong, MS, RS, Program Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health In 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the “Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) Final Rule for Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration.” This final rule is “aimed at preventing intentional adulteration from acts intended... Sep 25, 2017 | Kim Rodgers |
Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food Terrorism in Cuyahoga County, OhioBy: 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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