Is Selling Raw Pet Food Compatible with Current FDA Regulatory Strategy?
Since 2016, there have been more than 30 recalls of raw pet foods due to the potential or presence of microbiological contamination, prim… …
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Romaine E. coli Outbreak Report Published – PSR Inspections Start Soon
FDA’s use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) was a significant factor in its late 2018 investigation of an E. coli outbreak tracked to roma… …
When Do You Need to Comply with the SFCR Provisions?
As of January 15, 2019, the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR) came into force. However, not all the provisions needed to be met … …
A Harbinger of Food Tracing Regulation to Come?
It will come. It was mandated back in 2011 with the signing of the Food Safety Modernization Act; and FDA contracted out a tracking pilot… …
How GFSI Applies to Cannabis Production
A dispensary in Florida has been touted as the first cannabis producer to become GFSI certified. What is GFSI? And why might you want to… …
Hemp and CBDs: What Is Its Regulatory Status?
In January’s “FSMA Friday and Regulatory Update” webinar, Eric Edmunds, JD, of The Acheson Group (TAG) discussed the regulatory changes… …
Hemp and CBDs: What Is Its Regulatory Status?
In January’s “FSMA Friday and Regulatory Update” webinar, Eric Edmunds, JD, of The Acheson Group (TAG) discussed the regulatory changes f… …
Foreign Objects Dominant in Recent Recalls. Could Your Product Be Next?
Rubber in popcorn chicken…hard plastic in ground beef…wood in chicken nuggets – conventional and organic. There certainly seems to be a l… …
Are You Focused on Allergens? Regulators Are
In our November 7th newsletter, we discussed the manslaughter conviction of two U.K. food business managers for the death of a teen who d… …
Reasonably Foreseeable RTE – With or Without Oversight
The government is reopened, FDA is back at work in full force – at least through mid-February. Did you continue to conduct top-notch food… …
