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 [...]
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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 [...]
Report on the Investigation of the Outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes in Cantaloupe at Jensen Farms
January 10th, 2012 by Tony
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 [...]
New Report Details Findings of Listeria Outbreak Investigation
January 10th, 2012 by Tony
The Energy and Commerce Committee today released a new bipartisan staff report that details the findings from the committee’s investigation into the 2011 Listeria outbreak in cantaloupes grown and processed at Jensen Farms. The report is based on documents from and interviews with food safety officials at the Food and Drug Administration, Jensen Farms, Frontera [...]
Final Update on Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Whole Cantaloupes
January 9th, 2012 by Tony
On December 8, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a FINAL Update on the Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Whole Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms, Colorado. According to CDC, available evidence indicates that the outbreak is over. A total of 146 persons infected with any of the four outbreak-associated strains were [...]