There were some very interesting changes in food and beverage recall trends for Q4 2017. Most notably is that although undeclared allerge…

In our last newsletter we talked about FDA testing of spices and some concerns for spice users.   In this week’s newsletter we are contin…

For many years, spices have been known to be a high-risk food in relation to the likelihood of microbial contamination. In a simplistic w…

With the rollout of numerous guidance documents related to FSMA and other regulations, the question often arises with our clients as to w…

Depending on your stance, importing food into the U.S. has just gotten simpler … or more complex. That is, FDA’s January launch of FSMA…

I have always been an advocate of a single food safety agency – but also very realistic in recognizing that it will probably never happen…

Many of our clients had their recent holiday festivities interrupted by the “E. coli in Romaine” challenges that emerged at the end of De…

A few weeks ago, we got our first call from an importer who had received a 483 from FDA for lack of compliance with FSMA’s FSVP. There wa…