In January, we gave our predictions for The Food Industry in 2017, stating that we expected there to be a heavy focus on FSMA roll-out an… … Continue readingTAG’s Top 10: How Did We Do?

In follow up to last week’s newsletter on exporting food products, this week we are taking a look at importing foods and ingredients. Alt… … Continue readingImporting Food? Here’s What You Need to Know

Back in mid-2016, the FDA issued final rules for new Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Labels and Serving Sizes. Recently the FDA exte… … Continue readingClarifying FDA’s Food Labeling Rules and Compliance

That is the question: Whether ’tis nobler to use whole genome sequencing (WGS) and risk the slings and arrows of detecting a resident str… … Continue readingTAG Food Safety To WGS or Not to WGS

It was just a brief announcement put out last week by FDA – you may have even missed it. But if you export food, FDA’s expansion of its e… … Continue readingFood Export Certification: Simplified and Clarified

May 2015 – Navajo Pride shuts down operation for a year following voluntary flour recall due to possible Salmonella contamination. May 20… … Continue readingAre You Producing an RTE Food … and Don’t Realize It?

With its June 19th publication of draft guidance for FSMA’s Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule, FDA is advancing its regulation for food … … Continue readingHave You Written Your Food Defense Plan? FDA Provides Guidance to Help

FDA defines a ready to eat (RTE) food as one “for which it is reasonably foreseeable that the food will be eaten without further processi… … Continue readingWhat Is RTE Today? And Why Is That Important to Know?

I have been an advocate for a Single Food Safety Agency for years and this issue may be coming up again under the current administration…. … Continue readingCollaborative Efforts Align USDA and FDA: Can They Be Taken Even Further?

We, at TAG, are often asked about the alignment of GFSI standards and federal regulations. That is: If you are in compliance with GFSI st… … Continue readingHarmonizing Standards: USDA Takes Commendable Initiative. Others to Follow?