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FDA Partners With Leafy Greens Stakeholders in Arizona to Enhance Food Safety

Posted on September 25, 2019

The FDA has partnered with the University of Arizona, the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District (WMIDD), and members of the Yuma area leafy greens industry, with support from the Arizona

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FDA Announces Public Meeting to Discuss “A New Era of Smarter Food Safety”

Posted on September 18, 2019

FDA will hold a public meeting on October 21, 2019 to hear from a broad cross-section of stakeholders on their new food safety approach, called “A New Era of Smarter

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U.S. Dealing with Several Hepatitis A Outbreaks, Including One Due to Food Worker Infection

Posted on August 29, 2019

Public health officials in Mendham, New Jersey are dealing with a relatively rare instance of a foodborne hepatitis A outbreak due to an ill food handler. The employee has been

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FDA Calls on Papaya Industry to Take Action to Prevent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Posted on August 28, 2019

On August 26, the FDA issued a letter to all sectors of the papaya industry to take action to prevent future foodborne illness outbreaks. As noted in the letter, since

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FDA Sued for Failure to Establish FSMA Accredited Labs Program by Statutory Deadline (subscription to Law360 required)

Posted on August 21, 2019

On August 19, two consumer groups, Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH), filed suit against the FDA in California federal court for its failure to

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A Look at the Food Handler Antiseptic OTC Rulemaking

Posted on August 2, 2019

On December 7, 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) established a docket and requested data, information, and comments to “assist the Agency in assessing the safety and effectiveness

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Flies Are a Potential E. Coli Vector in Leafy Green Illness Outbreaks

Posted on August 1, 2019

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service have isolated Escherichia (E.) coli O157:H7 from a variety of pest flies in leafy green fields planted up to 180

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FDA Announces FSMA Third-Party Certification Program User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2020

Posted on July 24, 2019

On July 23, 2019, FDA published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the fiscal year 2020 annual fee rate for recognized accreditation bodies and accredited certification bodies, and the

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FDA Publishes Final Rule on Tolerances for Animal Drugs in Food

Posted on July 19, 2019

On July 10 FDA finalized its rule on Updating Tolerances for Residues of New Animal Drugs in Food. This rule was originally proposed in 2012 with a revision proposed

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reducing Microbial Hazards in Seed for Sprouting

Posted on June 25, 2019

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance, titled, “Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting.” This draft guidance document

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