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Food & Food Packaging Unlikely to Spread COVID-19

Posted on February 19, 2021
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a press release yesterday underscoring the international consensus that no credible evidence shows that food or food

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FDA Announces New Sampling Plan for Romaine Lettuce Grown in the Yuma, Arizona Growing Region

Posted on February 8, 2021
  • After an Environmental Assessment of factors potentially contributing to the contamination of romaine lettuce with E. coli O157:H7 that was implicated in a 2018 multi-state foodborne illness outbreak (discussed here

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FDA Clarifies Food Traceability List Descriptions and Publishes Related FAQ

Posted on January 13, 2021
  • On January 12, the FDA made the following two updates to its Food Traceability Proposed Rule:
  1. The Agency made clarifying edits to the Food Traceability List (FTL), which lists

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FDA Releases New Outbreak Investigation Table

Posted on November 20, 2020
  • On November 18, 2020, FDA released the Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation (CORE) Investigation Table, a tool to publish early information on all foodborne outbreaks that the FDA is

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California Governor Signs Law that Establishes New Safety Standards for Third-Party Food Delivery Applications

Posted on October 26, 2020
  • On September 18, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 3336 (“AB-3336”) into law.  AB-3336 (codified at Section 113930.5 to the Health and Safety Code) sets new safety standards

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FDA and Mexico Strengthen Food Safety Partnership by Signing Statement of Intent

Posted on October 7, 2020
  • The FDA and two Mexican regulatory agencies, the National Service of Agro-Alimentary Public Health Safety and Quality (SENASICA) and the Federal Commission for the Protection from Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS), have

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FDA and the European Commission Finalize First Food Safety Equivalence Determinations Permitting Trade of Molluscan Shellfish

Posted on September 28, 2020

 

  • As previously reported on this blog, on March 8, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed determination that the European Union (EU) food safety control

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Overconsumption of Black Licorice Linked to Fatality in Massachusetts

Posted on September 25, 2020
  • A 54-year-old Massachusetts man died of cardiac arrest after his consumption of a substantial quantity black licorice. The man reportedly consumed a bag and a half of black licorice each

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Blue Bell Fined Record $17.25 Million in Post-Conviction Criminal Penalties for Listeria Outbreak

Posted on September 18, 2020
  • As previously reported on this blog, a multi-state listeriosis outbreak in 2015 linked to Blue Bell Creameries LP’s ice cream products contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes led to recalls, state

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FDA and OSHA Publish Employee Health and Food Safety Checklist for Human and Animal Food Operations During COVID-19

Posted on August 21, 2020
  • To help the food industry protect employees and maintain the safety of human and animal food throughout adjustments to operations during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the U.S. Food and

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