Latest Food Safety Modernization Act Stories
Government and industry come together to discuss issues affecting the global food supply Baltimore (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Gerald Wojtala, executive director of the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI), will speak at this year’s Food Safety Summit. The three-day expo and conference, scheduled for April 30 to May 2 at the Baltimore Convention Center, will feature food safety experts from around the country, representing the public sector, industry, academia, and...
Automated boot and sole washers keep food-processing plants clean and efficient as industry strives to keep up with new rules in Food Safety Modernization Act. Peosta, Iowa (PRWEB) February 21, 2013 With the FDA's newly released proposed rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, food producers strive to develop new plans or improve existing procedures to prevent bacterial contamination at its source and reduce outbreaks of foodborne illness. Carometec Food Technology has had...
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Food recalls documented by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enforcement reports during the fourth quarter of 2012 reached a two year quarterly high, according to the ExpertRECALL(TM) Index released today. This activity represents an average rate of approximately six food recalls being documented every day in the fourth quarter, affecting some 18.4 million products, more than double the units affected in the previous quarter.Forty...
Groundbreaking legislation poised to boost controls on imports, curb outbreaks. (PRWEB) February 12, 2013 Imported food may only represent 15 per cent of food consumed in the U.S., but it is also responsible for half of food-borne illness outbreaks, according to a newly released infographic by Intelex. The document outlines statistics related to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a sweeping overhaul of American food safety laws that has been gradually rolled out over the last two...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed new safety regulations designed to help prevent food-related illnesses, various media outlets reported on Friday. According to Bill Tomson of the Wall Street Journal, the new regulations were crafted with an eye towards forcing farmers to "keep deadly bacteria out of their fields" and requiring processors to be subject to "stricter safety monitoring" at their plants. Tomson...
CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- STOP Foodborne Illness (http://www.stopfoodborneillness.org) applauds the White House Administration's action today of releasing for public comment two proposed rules that would implement important aspects of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama two years ago to the day. These rules are: Produce: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding of...
