06
Jul
FDA’s Intended Guidance List Foretells Agency Focus I often get asked “Where do you think FDA is heading in the near future around food regulations and enforcement?” It is often a hard question to answer, but now we have a...
29
Jun
TAG’s Take on the FDA and USDA FY2022 Budget Requests Over the last month or so, both FDA and USDA announced their FY2022 budget requests. It comes as no surprise that a key element of FDA’s food safety budget would...
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23
Jun
Produce Safety vs. Animal Contamination: How Do We Bridge the Gap? We hate to say, “We told you so,” but … we told you so. In our 2021 predictions, TAG stated that we see FDA “continuing its expanded use of...
16
Jun
FDA Forward Momentum on “Healthy” Claims Continues Do you produce food that you promote – or wish to promote – as “Healthy”? Do you have thoughts on the type of symbol that could be used to convey “healthy”? Would you...
10
Jun
Deli Food Safety Gains Increased FDA Attention Listeria in deli meats is enough of an issue that CDC advises that high-risk and pregnant individuals “avoid eating lunch meats, cold cuts, or other deli meats, unless they are heated to an...
02
Jun
BE Disclosure Standard Compliance Date Nears It has been three years since the publication of the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard proposed rule (pdf). And there are only seven months left for food businesses to be in compliance with the...
25
May
New Listeria Species Discovery Reinforce Need for Environmental Controls The discovery of five new Listeria species – three of which consist of the species most closely related to Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) – is of vast significance to environmental monitoring and...
11
May
Sesame: Just the Start of FASTER Food Allergen Identification April 23, 2021 will go down as a watershed day in food allergen control. Not only is it the day that the Big 8 allergens were expanded to the Big...
20
Apr
If you were to overhear the words “ghost,” “cloud,” “shadow,” and “dark” in someone’s conversation, it’s unlikely that your first thought would be, “Oh, they are talking about restaurant kitchens.” Yet, those very words are becoming increasingly common in restaurant...
