Starting today, the FSA is routinely publishing the full list of those meat plants that, on the basis of their audit reports, are considered ’cause for concern’. 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 [...]
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FSA ‘Meat Plant Cause for Concern’ list published
January 23rd, 2012 by Tony
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FDA Testing Orange Juice Imports for Carbendazim
January 19th, 2012 by Tony
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 [...]
UK Meat plants audit reports published
January 16th, 2012 by Tony
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’s commitment to transparency. More than 200 audit reports are being published today. These cover all audits that have [...]
FSMA Claim ‘Significant Progress’ in One-Year Report
January 14th, 2012 by Tony
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 [...]
Letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg identifying problems with third-party food safety audits and asking FDA to take action to address these problems
January 10th, 2012 by Tony
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 [...]