Under a new USDA policy, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will launch traceback investigations earlier when the Agency finds E. coli O157:H7 through its routine sampling program.
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.
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.