- We reported on FDA’s October 26, 2020 notice of a voluntary pilot program under which FDA would assess whether private third-party food safety audit standards submitted in the study are
Preventive Controls
FDA Announces a One Year Pilot Program to Evaluate Third-Party Food Safety Standards and Invites Requests to Participate
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- FDA’s regulations implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements for Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF), Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF), and Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP)
FDA Works to Find Source of Multi-State Outbreak of E. coli Infections
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- On November 20, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and several state agencies, announced that it is currently investigating
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FDA Launches Dashboard to Track FSMA Progress
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- On September 30, 2019, FDA announced the establishment of the Food Safety Dashboard, which is designed to measure the progress of the seven foundational rules of the Food Safety Modernization
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FDA Releases Report on Inspection and Environmental Sampling of Ice Cream Production Facilities for Harmful Bacteria
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- A large number of pathogen-related recalls of ice cream (16 over the three-year period of 2013, 2014, and 2015) and a deadly outbreak of listeriosis in 2015 that was linked
FDA Publishes Findings from Investigation of Romaine Lettuce E. coli Outbreak
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- As previously reported on this blog, in November 2018 FDA, in conjunction with the CDC, state officials, and Canadian food and public health officials, investigated an outbreak of E.
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New Canadian Food Safety Law Takes Effect in One Week
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- The Safe Food for Canadians Regulations will become effective one week from today, on January 15, 2019. As previously reported on this blog, Canada proposed these regulations in January
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Produce Safety Requirements under FSMA
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- FDA has published two draft guidance documents to assist processors and farmers in complying with product safety requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
- The FSMA final rule on
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FDA Explains What to Expect As Compliance Date Nears for PC Animal Food Rule
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- On August 14, 2018, FDA released a constituent update regarding the upcoming compliance dates for the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals
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FDA Issues Draft Guidance on “Small Business” under FSMA Preventive Controls Regulations
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- As previously reported on this blog, FDA published final rules to implement the Hazard Analysis and Risk-based Preventive Control (HARPC) provisions for human and animal food under the FDA