As I write this week’s newsletter, there is yet another announcement of romaine lettuce being linked to E. coli illnesses, this time in.. … Continue readingAddressing the Romaine Challenges – Are We Heading to Another Thanksgiving Day Romaine Massacre?

On October 31, FDA announced a romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7 outbreak for which the active investigation had ended and the outbreak appear … Continue readingWas FDA’s Outbreak Announcement Delay Inexcusable or Sensible?

In its October publication on record requirements for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) FDA takes a question & answer approac … Continue readingFSVP Recordkeeping Can Strengthen Your Supply Chain

The Preventive Controls Rule requires that food facilities establish a written recall plan for food that requires a preventive control… … Continue readingIs Your PC Rule-Required Recall Plan in Compliance – Or Even in Existence?

FDA just launched its updated Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) v2.0 in September, the purpose of the FDPB is to help industry easily create. … Continue readingFDA’s Food Defense Plan Builder 2.0 Simplifies IA Compliance

Sometimes a report comes out from FDA that is not very exciting to most of our readers, but often these reports, even if not exciting, are a … Continue readingFood Industry Continues Low-to-No Pesticide Residue Trend

CDC’s annual Foodborne Disease Outbreak Report published in September provided data on the 841 foodborne disease outbreaks that occurred thr … Continue readingNorovirus, Salmonella and Restaurants are Key in CDC’s Latest Outbreak Report

With nearly 1/3 of the U.S. food supply lost or wasted at the retail and consumer levels, and studies linking at least some of the waste to … Continue readingIndustry Already at Deeper Level than GAO Labeling Recommendations

By David Acheson, M.D. Concerns around Hepatitis A have increased significantly in the last year or so. There have been several areas of … … Continue readingHepatitis A: A Serious, Reportable – but Preventable – Foodservice Concern

With the Produce Safety Rule in effect for nearly three years for larger farmers (about eight months for even the smallest), inspections.. … Continue readingFDA’s Seesaw of Action on the Produce Safety RulE