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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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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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FDA Issues First Warning Letter to Food Importer Under FSVP

Posted on August 14, 2019

On August 13, FDA announced the issuance of the first warning letter to a U.S. food importer under the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). As

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Inspections Begin Under FDA’s Produce Safety Rule

Posted on August 8, 2019

As our readers may know, the FSMA final Produce Safety Rule was published on November 27, 2015 (80 FR 74353) and establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing,

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FDA Suspends Topway/Kazy’s Gourmet Facility Registration

Posted on July 25, 2019

On July 22, 2019 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had suspended the food facility registration of Topway Enterprises, Inc, doing business as Kazy’s Gourmet of Houston,

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Reducing Microbial Hazards in Seed for Sprouting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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance, titled, “Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting.” This draft guidance document

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on “Small Business” Definition under CGMP and Preventive Controls Regulations for Human and Animal Food

Posted on June 24, 2019

The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) and Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Control (HARPC) provisions for human and animal food are implemented by

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Deadlines Set for FDA to Establish Reporting Requirements for “High-Risk” Foods

Posted on June 11, 2019

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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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance to Assist in Developing Alternate Curricula to Satisfy Produce Safety Rule Requirements

Posted on June 5, 2019

FDA published a draft guidance to help farmers and educators develop or select alternate curricula to meet the training requirements of the Produce Safety Rule mandated by the Food Safety

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