The first illness began on March 2, 2019. By April 8, 96 people from five states had been reported as ill from E. coli O103, with 11 hosp… … Continue readingWhy does it take so long?

Foreign object contamination has become a huge issue for FSIS as evidenced by the increasing number of recalls related to this issue. A f… … Continue readingUSDA Foreign Object Contamination Focus Prompts Customer Complaint GuidancE

On March 28, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb appeared before the Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations for the last time in his role as c… … Continue readingFDA Direction Revealed in Gottlieb’s Final Statements

On March 12, a recall notice was posted on the FDA website for two production lots of Pillsbury Unbleached All-Purpose Flour due to possi… … Continue readingLessons to be Learned from an Anything-But-Typical Recall

With the first of the compliance dates for FSMA’s Intentional Adulteration (IA) Rule only four months away, FDA has released the second o… … Continue readingIs Your FDP Complete? FDA’s Updated IA Rule Guidance Can Help

In February’s “FSMA Friday and Regulatory Update” webinar, Eric Edmunds, JD, of The Acheson Group (TAG) discussed the National Bioenginee… … Continue readingWill Your Foods Need to Be Labeled as BE?

Although aspects of the eight-year-old Food Safety Modernization Act are still being rolled out, FDA has taken on a new modernization end… … Continue readingModernizing Dietary Supplement Oversight: Will FDA’s New Policies Impact You?