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FDA provides $21.8 million for FSMA produce safety rule implementation

Jeremy Gerrard

September 12, 2016

FDA has awarded $21.8 million to support 42 states as they begin to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Food recalls on the rise as regulations tighten

Jeremy Gerrard

August 25, 2016

Food recalls were up in the second quarter of 2016, in part because of powerful new testing methods and tighter regulations — an indication of a new normal rather than an outlying spike in the trend.

FDA issues final rule on GRAS ingredients

August 24, 2016

The agency released a final rule for the criteria needed to conclude an ingredient is “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) for use in human or animal food.

Food Safety

Microbiological testing: Verify your inputs as you verify your outputs

Sure, you trust your suppliers. But there’s nothing like some checks before you commit your product to someone else’s raw ingredients.

Wayne Labs

August 22, 2016

While Paul Simon used “One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor,” to refer to apartment house rules of courtesy, you might find a parallel to this separate-but-connected concept in the food supply chain.

Big deals lead concerns of craft beer industry

TECH FLASH

Alabama beer sale changes spark privacy debate

The Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board introduced a proposal that would require breweries and brewpubs that sell beer for off-premise consumption to record sensitive information.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 16, 2016

Beer manufacturers and breweries call the proposal a breach of privacy.

TECH FLASH