- 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
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- 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)
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- 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
A Look at the Food Handler Antiseptic OTC Rulemaking
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
FDA Publishes Final Rule on Tolerances for Animal Drugs in Food
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- 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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reducing Microbial Hazards in Seed for Sprouting
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- 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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FDA Releases Statement on PFAS in Food and Reveals Findings from Food Sample Tests
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- On June 11, Acting FDA Commissioner Ned Sharpless released a statement highlighting recent agency efforts to better understand the impact of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food and providing
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Deadlines Set for FDA to Establish Reporting Requirements for “High-Risk” Foods
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- The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), enacted on January 4, 2011, set deadlines for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to (1) designate high-risk foods for which additional recordkeeping
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