Although FDA investigators are still more focused on inspecting for cGMP compliance, rather than conducting full Preventive Controls inspections, facilities are being written up for preventive controls inadequacies. In fact, in FY 2021, the top three reasons for 483s due...

In recent months, there has been a great deal of regulatory focus and media attention on heavy metals in food. It is certainly an area of concern, and one which the food industry must take care to limit. But it...

In the past, consumers relied on sensory aspects of food, such as color and smell, as well as brand-related cues, to frame purchasing decisions and assess the quality of a product. But, as highlighted in the recent CSIRO review and...

body.kc-css-system .kc-css-3115310 ,body.kc-css-system .kc-css-3115310 p{color: #000000;} Salmonella Contamination Focus Continues to Increase The rates of Salmonella illness in the US have been a vexing challenge for many years. Despite setting goals for Salmonella reduction, the number of cases has remained...

body.kc-css-system .kc-css-2696816 ,body.kc-css-system .kc-css-2696816 p{color: #000000;} In both our TAG Insights and COVID/Public Health newsletters, we have included a focus on heavy metals (such as lead, cadmium, arsenic, and mercury) over the last several months – because the federal food...

WGS Proves to Have Significant Benefits for Food Safety – and Public Health With its ability to link foodborne illnesses across space and time, whole genome sequencing (WGS) has proven to be a significant move forward for the improvement of...

Animal Welfare and the Science of Today Animal Welfare can be a contentious issue, particularly when standards determined to be of benefit conflict with any of the globally recognized “Five Freedoms” that are the very definition of the term or...

Calibrate Your Indoor Growing Process to Risk, Not Just Regulation There is a movement underway in the rapidly growing field of indoor growing operations. The USDA sees the increase in both indoor and vertical farming as “an emergent and rapidly...

Novel Food Outbreaks – Cause for Concern and New Discovery Do you feel that the list of foods that are considered high risk just keeps growing?  If you do, you are correct, and we are seeing a growing number of...

Is Your Import System FDA ready? There has been a great deal of regulatory focus from FDA on imported food over the last year or so. This has resulted in warning letters, 483s, and even import alerts for numerous companies...