“In the U.S. there are an estimated 255 deaths due to Listeria monocytogenes every year, and a case fatality rate of 15-30% … Companies that manufacture high risk foods need to do a far better job at eliminating the risk of a resident Listeria bacteria.”
The draft guidance will help foreign manufacturers and other processors of seafood products subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) under an Import Alert submit evidence to the FDA to support a request to have their products removed from DWPE.
On Tuesday, the FDA announced a suspect in the WanaBana cinnamon-applesauce pouch contamination investigation. To date, there have been 100 confirmed cases of lead poisoning, 277 probable cases and 36 suspected cases of for a total of 413 cases from 43 different states.
Jorge Hernandez, VP of Quality Assurance at The Wendy’s Company, shares his views on the future of food safety, what inspectors need to understand about the food industry and why developing relationships and trust is essential to a safer food system.
Checklists can serve as a crutch or a divining rod for continual improvement. In this article, we look at the role of checklists, how to develop them, and how to measure their success or failure in ensuring food safety.
The number of food alerts related to plant toxins, including pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and tropane alkaloids (TAs), is increasing. Fortunately, new liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry testing methods enable more accurate and efficient detection.
The FDA is withdrawing a 2022 guidance document titled Questions and Answers Regarding Channels of Trade Policy for Human Food Commodities with Chlorpyrifos Residues: Guidance for Industry, following a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to vacate, or void, an EPA final rule that revoked all tolerances for the pesticide chemical chlorpyrifos.
The FDA has launched a new webpage listing food-related regulations that it plans to publish by October 2024. The agency has also added five new guidances that it expects to publish by December 2024.
In an increasingly global world, supplier qualification systems help ensure food safety and increase diversity in the supply chain while helping companies manage disruptions and develop stronger long-term relationships with their suppliers, wherever they are located.
“Since developing NutriCalc 30 years ago, it has become the industry standard in nutrition labeling across the globe at companies both large and small. Our acquisition by TraceGains fuels the development of future innovations to the product and provides an immediate benefit to customers today by linking them to a robust ingredient marketplace and streamlining their processes.”
