The FDA has announced steps it is taking to address concerns about elevated lead levels in cinnamon, including a latter to industry, consumer warnings, calls for voluntary recalls and pursuit of additional authority from Congress.
Working towards compliance with a third-party audit requires significant preparation. An NSF food safety auditing expert reveals common mistakes and best practices.
The benefits of an integrated food safety management system — including cost efficiency, simplified compliance, enhanced food safety, global market access, improved collaboration, and adaptability to emerging challenges — far outweigh the implementation challenges. But there is much work to do.
The new guidance, offered in a Q&A format, is intended to help manufacturers and distributors of new dietary ingredients (NDIs) and dietary supplements prepare and submit new dietary ingredient notifications (NDINs) to the FDA.
The FDA announced that, following completion of a voluntary phase-out, grease-proofing substances containing PFAS are no longer being sold for food packaging in the U.S. According to the agency, these substances represent the primary source of dietary exposure to PFAS.
Digital quality management solutions reduce the risk of food safety breaches and contamination events, and they are becoming increasingly accessible. Following, we look at the most effective technologies and what the industry is learning about when and how to incorporate technology into their food safety and quality systems.
Dairy products can become tainted at every stage in the production process, and microbial contamination remains a long-standing pain point for the industry. However, a handful of emerging technologies may help make microbial contamination events a thing of the past.
In 2023, FSIS investigated six outbreaks. Three were caused by Salmonella, two by STEC (serogroup O157:H7), and one investigation involved a report of botulism.
Taking time to plan is a crucial step in the internal auditing process. Without sufficient planning, audits can often encounter roadblocks that lead to lackluster results. This article provides an overview of key planning steps that will help keep audits on track and within scope. The goal is to provide guidance for developing a well-organized internal audit program that will lead to improvements across the organization.
The guidance describes two processes through which companies may voluntarily inform the FDA of the steps they have taken to ensure the safety of foods from their genome-edited plant varieties: premarket consultations for higher risk foods and voluntary premarket meetings for lower-risk foods.
