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Eyes on Latin America – GFSI Mexico City Focus Day
TAG’s Latin America subject matter experts, Dr. Rolando González and Dr. Anabelle Broadbent, recently joined over 400 food safety industr…
May 17, 2018
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What Are We Learning from Produce Outbreaks?
Over the years the produce industry has had some major outbreaks. But does this really mean that produce is less safe than any other food…
May 17, 2018
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TAG Risk Assessment Tool: A More Effective & Sustainable Approach to Managing Supply Chain Risk
In case you missed it, TAG announced this week at Food Safety Summit, the TAG Risk Assessment Tool – powered by SafetyChain Software. Th…
May 9, 2018
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To Register or Not to Register. Is there a Question?
Q. True or False: You operate a warehouse that holds food to be consumed in the U.S., so you have to register the facility with the FDA. …
May 3, 2018
There’s Probably Metals in the Food You Produce – And FDA Is Taking a Closer Look
Certain metals, such as such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury, are elements of the Earth’s environment and are, thus, naturally pre…
April 26, 2018
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First Time FDA Mandates Recall – Or Was It?
Ever since the signing of FSMA, FDA has had the authority to mandate food recalls. But in the seven years since then, FDA has never done …
April 19, 2018
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FSMA’s Human Food Rule Requirements
The recent changes and version updates of GFSI Benchmark Requirements and Scheme Standards are being driven primarily by FSMA, its food d…
April 19, 2018
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Watch Out! Pathogens Continue to Emerge and Reemerge … and It’s Not Just FDA Using WGS to Track
Listeria in frozen corn in Europe; Salmonella linked to dried coconut in eight U.S. states. We continue to see pathogens causing outbreak…
April 12, 2018
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Quickly Approaching IA Rule Compliance Dates Reflect New Facets of Food Defense
Following the 9/11 attack in 2001, U.S. food regulators began to focus in earnest on preventing deliberate attacks on the food supply. Hi…
April 5, 2018
