Food Safety
Flies in Your Plants? You Could Get 483’d!
Summer may not officially begin until June 20, but flies, ants and other summer pests don’t pay attention to the calendar. Rather, it is
June 4, 2024
Insights
TAG perspectives and recommendations on today’s
top topics in food safety and public health.
Cannabis
DEA Proposes Marijuana Rescheduling … What Does This Really Mean?
On May 16, 2024, The Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice published a proposal to transfer marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III of
May 30, 2024
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Studies Show H5N1 in Raw Milk is Capable of Infection if Improperly Inactivated
Studies are showing that untreated, raw milk containing the H5N1 virus poses a high risk of infection in susceptible animals. With heat inactivation/pasteurization showing
May 29, 2024
Food Safety
Only Three States Follow the Most Current Food Code
As of December 31, 2023, only three states and two territories had adopted the most recent version (2022) of the FDA Food Code. Following
May 28, 2024
Simplified
Double Dip Dilemma
I love dip, and I hate having half a chip without dip just because my first dip didn’t cover the full chip. So I
May 22, 2024
Public Health
Agencies Studies Show No Risk of H5N1 Transmission through Food
Continuing federal studies are finding that food safety practices will kill avian influenza in foods, with USDA experiments showing H5N1 to be killed through
May 22, 2024
FDA Warning Letters
HACCP, GMP, FSP Violations Trigger Warning Letter
A facility which processes seafood and acidified foods recently received a warning letter that followed observations from a 2023 inspection which included failure to
May 21, 2024
Food Safety
Top Causes Continue to Lead Recalls and FDA/USDA Action
If you were given five guesses as to the top causes of food recalls anytime in the last, say, decade, it is likely that
May 21, 2024
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Can Human H5N1 Be Tracked by Wastewater?
When we saw indications last August that there could be a late summer wave of COVID-19 cases, those indications were primarily a matter of case
May 15, 2024
