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FDA Publishes Final Rule Extending Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water Provisions

On March 15, 2019,  U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to finalize the new compliance dates for the agricultural water...

Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Press Release, Food Safety & Inspection, Infectious Disease

    FDA Investigated Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Sprouts

    The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that...

    Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    Food Safety Magazine: February/March 2018 Edition

    The February/March 2018 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on...

    Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Slideshow: Multistate Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

    The CDC Expert Commentary recently released a slideshow highlighting a limited, but dangerous pattern of foodborne illness impacting...

    Jul 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

  • FDA Releases New Resource on Sampling

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new resource to share more information about its sampling programs for food...

    Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan

    • Food Safety & Inspection

    Special Processes at Retail Courses in 2023

    A virtual, five-day course exploring the specific types of food processing in retail food establishments.

    Dec 05, 2022 | Anu Varma

    Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Warns Jimmy John’s and Sprouts Unlimited After Outbreak

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a warning letter issued to Jimmy John’s Franchise LLC for engaging in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale adulterated fresh produce, specifically clover sprouts and cucumbers. The FDA also posted a warning letter to Sprouts Unlimited Wholesale Foods for supplying sprouts to Jimmy John’s which […]

    Feb 27, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Publishes Proposed Rule to Establish Laboratory Accreditation Program for Food Testing

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to establish a program for the testing of food by accredited laboratories as required by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) as part of a proposed rule published today. The laboratory accreditation program, once established, will require testing of human and animal food in certain […]

    Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection

    FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Reducing Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting

    On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed industry to help reduce food safety hazards in the production of seed used for sprouting. Between January 1996 and August 2018, contaminated sprouts were associated with 50 outbreaks, which together resulted in more […]

    Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    FDA Publishes Final Rule Extending Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water Provisions

    On March 15, 2019,  U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to finalize the new compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Larger farms are now required to comply with the agricultural water requirements by January 26, 2022, while small farms have until […]

    Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Food Safety & Inspection, Infectious Disease

    FDA Investigated Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Linked to Sprouts

    The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that epidemiologic evidence indicates that raw sprouts were the likely source of this outbreak. The FDA collected invoices and/or samples from growers and seed suppliers that produced the sprouts. All the samples that were collected subsequently tested negative. […]

    Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Press Release, Tools & Resources, Food Safety & Inspection

    Food Safety Magazine: February/March 2018 Edition

    The February/March 2018 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on social responsibility, sprout safety, supply chain, allergen control, and more. Read the issue here.

    Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Slideshow: Multistate Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

    The CDC Expert Commentary recently released a slideshow highlighting a limited, but dangerous pattern of foodborne illness impacting multiple states, at one time. The post illustrates a series of such instances occurring throughout 2015, which also accounted for more than half of the nation’s deaths reported as a cause of foodborne illness. Notable contaminated food resulting […]

    Jul 26, 2016 | Anastasia Sonneman

    FDA Releases New Resource on Sampling

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a new resource to share more information about its sampling programs for food safety, and has posted new information on a more robust surveillance sampling approach currently under development. FDA will test cucumbers and hot peppers under this program in fiscal year 2016, and will push out test results […]

    Nov 23, 2015 | Katie Regan

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