Infant food safety, including new arsenic and cadmium action levels, supplements and menu labeling, are among the priority draft and final guidances the FDA plans to address before the end of 2023.
With food safety as a top priority for your business, keeping all pests out should also be top of mind. Stored product pests are tiny insects that can quickly damage your products and lead to lost profits. Glen Ramsey, board-certified entomologist and Director of Technical Services for Orkin, explains how facilities can keep stored product…
Real-time supply chain monitoring helps brands optimize operations, safety, efficiency, and performance throughout the supply chain. By leveraging real-time data, organizations can identify potential disruptions in the supply chain and take prompt, proactive measures to address and resolve them.
In June, the USDA FSIS granted label approval and grant of inspection to two companies manufacturing cell-cultured meat: Upside Foods and Good Meat. This was the final step in the U.S. regulatory process, opening the door for commercialization. We spoke with Justin Dranschak, Director of BioPharma at Molecular Devices, about a potential timeline to sales, what this means for other manufacturers of lab-grown meat products and what impact these products may have on the U.S. and international food supply.
The updated action plan includes refined strategies, a report on accomplishments and three new actions that have been identified by the task force: advancing root cause analyses procedures, building a repository of Cyclospora oocysts that can be used for research and advancing the methods to conduct such research.
“We need to ensure our youth have the education and training they need to accelerate the development of an agricultural system that is climate-smart, sustainable, profitable and equitable. This historic investment from the Biden-Harris Administration in our nation’s Minority-serving Institutions brings us closer to building a workforce that represents the richness and diversity of all the communities we serve.”
Following the world premiere of “Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food,” Dr. Darin Detwiler discusses his goals in taking part in the documentary, who the film aims to reach, and changes that could be implemented to strengthen America’s food safety system.
Out of the 747 samples collected from March 2021 to January 2022, four were detected to have either Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella spp—three of which originated from the same facility.
The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations has directed the FDA to unify its food program under a Deputy Commissioner for Foods and highlighted additional priorities for the agency related to cell-cultured meat products, allergen labeling and quantitative pathogen testing.
A recent webinar brought together leaders in food defense and protection to share the biggest challenges facing food and agriculture and opportunities for collaboration and risk mitigation.
