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The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that...
Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The February/March 2018 edition of the Food Safety Magazine is now available online. This issue includes articles and columns on...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their 2013 risk profile on pathogens and filth in spices. The update includes data...
Feb 28, 2018 | Amy Chang
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun to test fresh cilantro, parsley and basil, as well as processed avocado and...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local...
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months should be vaccinated for...
ASTM is taking the lead to develop standards related to cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Hear from ASTM Committee D37 on...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) redesigned its...
Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing an opportunity for public comment on the “Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne...
Feb 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
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. […]
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.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their 2013 risk profile on pathogens and filth in spices. The update includes data that shows the prevalence of Salmonella in nine out of 11 types of retail spices in the U.S. was significantly lower than imported spices. Learn more about the key findings here.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun to test fresh cilantro, parsley and basil, as well as processed avocado and guacamole, for certain microbial contaminants. The sampling will help the FDA assess the rates of bacterial contamination in these items to help identify possible common factors among the positive samples. These items were […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health officials, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kratom products. Kratom is a plant that grows naturally in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It comes in a variety […]
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is now recommending that anyone over the age of 12 months should be vaccinated for hepatitis A after the fact if they have been exposed to the virus. The new recommendations are not considered final until they are published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Morbidity and […]
ASTM is taking the lead to develop standards related to cannabis and cannabis-infused products. Hear from ASTM Committee D37 on Cannabis on what ASTM is doing to develop cannabis standards, what areas they are developing cannabis standards in, timeline expected, and how you can get involved. You will also hear from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) redesigned its Education Resource Library, which now includes nearly 300 publications and videos covering food safety, nutrition, cosmetic safety, dietary supplements, and industry information, including food defense. The Education Resource Library catalog makes CFSAN’s public health...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is providing an opportunity for public comment on the “Survey on the Occurrence of Foodborne Illness Risk Factors in Selected Institutional Foodservice and Retail Food Stores Facility Types.” The survey will: Assist FDA with developing retail food safety initiatives and policies focused on the control of foodborne illness risk […]
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