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Food Safety Summit provides training, explores FSMA

February 23, 2012

This year’s program in Washington, DC provides 88 hours of education spanning four days.

Cantaloupe Listeria contamination calls for FDA control of US auditors

February 6, 2012

As with any outbreak, the Jensen Farms Listeria outbreak last summer and fall, which sickened 148 people in 28 states and killed 30 people, probably could have been prevented if Jensen Farms had maintained its facilities in accordance with existing FDA guidance.

Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute for Food Safety and Health will coordinate a national food safety alliance designed to assist food processors with FSMA regulations.

National safety alliance to help industry with FSMA compliance

January 12, 2012

Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute for Food Safety and Health will coordinate the alliance.

Extra $50 million for FSMA

January 10, 2012

A House and Senate Conference Committee finally came to an agreement on an extra $50 million for the FDA’s 2012 budget.

FDA vs. USDA: Who regulates what?

Richard F. Stier

January 10, 2012

Generating data that can’t be used for improvements is useless.

Plant Security: Thwarting the Intent to Harm

Kevin T. Higgins

January 10, 2012

Deliberate acts of sabotage can be more difficult to detect and prevent than bacterial threats to food. Food manufacturers now are bolstering their defenses against security threats.

Industry braces for FSMA

Kevin T. Higgins

January 10, 2012

A year after passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, food companies await regulatory proposals for preventive controls and other requirements of the new law.

Much more can be done if there is adequate funding

Food Safety Working Group looks ahead

Future directions will improve food safety in domestic and import products

January 3, 2012

Much more can be done if there is adequate funding

If Santa Claus were real, he'd have to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Is Santa breaking all the rules?

December 12, 2011

Santa will have to get in step with FSMA as he imports uninspected candy from unregistered plants at the North Pole.

FSMA will Drive FDA to Form Partnerships

December 6, 2011

While food safety has been viewed as a non-competitive practice in the food industry, FDA’s limited funding will inevitably cause it to partner with other groups to satisfy the mandates of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), according to David Acheson in a recent Leavitt Partners blog. How FDA partners with third parties will vary depending on geographical location.