Although aspects of the eight-year-old Food Safety Modernization Act are still being rolled out, FDA has taken on a new modernization end… … Continue readingModernizing Dietary Supplement Oversight: Will FDA’s New Policies Impact You?

Since 2016, there have been more than 30 recalls of raw pet foods due to the potential or presence of microbiological contamination, prim… … Continue readingIs Selling Raw Pet Food Compatible with Current FDA Regulatory Strategy?

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… … Continue readingRomaine E. coli Outbreak Report Published – PSR Inspections Start Soon

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… … Continue readingA Harbinger of Food Tracing Regulation to Come?

Rubber in popcorn chicken…hard plastic in ground beef…wood in chicken nuggets – conventional and organic. There certainly seems to be a l… … Continue readingForeign Objects Dominant in Recent Recalls. Could Your Product Be Next?

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… … Continue readingAre You Focused on Allergens? Regulators Are

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… … Continue readingReasonably Foreseeable RTE – With or Without Oversight

As of Saturday, Jan. 12, the government shutdown set a new, though rather contentious, record for the Trump Administration – becoming the… … Continue readingDoes the Government Shutdown Really Impact Food Safety?