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	<title>Tony Connor &#187; Food Legislation</title>
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		<title>1 in Every 2 Food Inspections Failed in China in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3rd Party Audit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInspection, a leading provider of quality control services for businesses importing from Asia, today announces the AsiaInspection 2011 Q4 Barometer, a quarterly synopsis of Asia-based manufacturing and the quality control services industry. Inspection Failure Rates Show China Food Danger Critical AsiaInspection figures show in 2011 51% of food inspections conducted in Mainland China failed. While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FSA &#8216;Meat Plant Cause for Concern&#8217; list published</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting today, the FSA is routinely publishing the full list of those meat plants that, on the basis of their audit reports, are considered &#8217;cause for concern&#8217;. This follows agreement by the FSA Board last year to publish this information as part of the FSA’s ongoing commitment to openness and transparency. Last week, the FSA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Testing Orange Juice Imports for Carbendazim</title>
		<link>http://tonyconnor.com/3327/fda-testing-orange-juice-imports-for-carbendazim/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) has issued a letter to alert the orange juice processing industry to the Agency’s position with respect to recent reports of the finding of the fungicide carbendazim in orange juice. Fungicides are chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK Meat plants audit reports published</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Food Standards Agency has today started the regular publication of audit reports of approved meat plants in England, Scotland and Wales. This marks the beginning of routine publication of these reports, in line with the FSA&#8217;s commitment to transparency. More than 200 audit reports are being published today. These cover all audits that have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FSMA Claim &#8216;Significant Progress&#8217; in One-Year Report</title>
		<link>http://tonyconnor.com/3303/fsma-claim-significant-progress-in-one-year-progress-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 07:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on January 4, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made significant progress in developing proposed rules to implement the sweeping food safety reform law, publishing mandated reports, and taking important steps toward increasing overall food safety capacity in the United States. Below are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg identifying problems with third-party food safety audits and asking FDA to take action to address these problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3rd Party Audit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Democratic Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg identifying problems with third-party food safety audits and asking FDA to take action to address these problems. The letter’s findings are based on the Committee’s bipartisan investigation of the Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in cantaloupe from Jensen Farms. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on the Investigation of the Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in Cantaloupe at Jensen Farms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Legislation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety Improvement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overview The Energy and Commerce Committee has conducted a bipartisan investigation of the recent outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in cantaloupes grown and processed at Jensen Farms, a family-owned operation in Granada, Colorado. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 146 people in 28 states have been infected, 30 people have died, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBO approval deadline fast approaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Food businesses approved by the Food Standards Agency are being urged to contact the Agency if they have changed operator since 1 January 2006. Important changes to the approvals process for food business operators (FBOs) take effect from the end of January 2012. A High Court ruling established that a new approval is needed where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Standards Agency allergy advice on Chapelle des Bois &#8211; 2009 Ac Fleurie wine</title>
		<link>http://tonyconnor.com/3267/food-standards-agency-allergy-advice-on-chapelle-des-bois-2009-ac-fleurie-wine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 07:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Labelling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Legislation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FSA is aware of an issue with undeclared sulphites in Chapelle des Bois &#8211; 2009 Ac Fleurie wine. The label does not specify that the wine contains sulphites. Halewood International has re-labelled the majority of bottles, but a small number of bottles have been placed on the market without the additional information. If you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening Food Safety in Canada</title>
		<link>http://tonyconnor.com/3295/strengthening-food-safety-in-canada/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the Government of Canada released its final report to Canadians on the action it has taken to respond to all recommendations by Ms. Sheila Weatherill outlined in the Report of the Independent Investigator into the 2008 Listeriosis Outbreak. &#8220;Food safety is a priority for this Government,&#8221; said Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. &#8220;We continue to [...]]]></description>
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