“We live in a rapidly changing world, and continually monitor potential hazards, like Avian Influenza, so we can reevaluate our food safety plans accordingly,” Brock Zentz, the senior director of food safety and quality at the pet food company Instinct, said in an email. “Like the FDA w...
FDA Food Safety Chief Plans More Proactive Food Safety StrategyEileen Francis
“We live in a rapidly changing world, and continually monitor potential hazards, like Avian Influenza, so we can reevaluate our food safety plans accordingly,” Brock Zentz, the senior director of food safety and quality at the pet food company Instinct, said in an email. “Like th...
domesticfoodsafetyissues,astheFDAhasmoreproficiencyinthe domesticmarketandcouldmoreeasilyfindmeasurestoimplement. Sourcesalsoquestionedwhetherthisplan,calledtheFoodProtectionPlan, wouldconstituterealreform.TheyhighlightedthefactthatpreviousFDA planstoimprovesafetymeasuresorcreatenewregulations,suchasthe ImportStrategicPlan...
“New Era of Smarter Food Safety” initiative, the purpose of which is to implement certain Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requirements using new and emerging technologies.[1] Specifically, FDA has committed to the development of a “Blueprint for a New Era o...
Physical contaminants are a hazard and prevention should be part of a food manufacturer’s food safety plans. Broken pieces of machinery and foreign objects in raw materials can easily find their way into the food production process and ultimately reach the consumer. The result could be expensive...
with FDA-proposed food safety rules unveiled in January. The FDA at that timeproposed the most sweeping food safety rules it had in decadesas part of the FSMA, requiring farmers to take precautions against contamination, and requiring food manufacturers to submit food safety plans to the ...
The FSPCA training materials also provide example food safety plans for animal food that may be helpful (Ref. 1). One approach for organizing the food safety plan to allow for signing and dating is to collect in a single location (e.g., a binder or folder) all the required documents ...
2 Although not all illnesses are reported, the FDA estimates nearly 130,000 Americans go to hospital for food-related problems a year.Clean Greens 3 The first rule demands that producers selling food in the US must have formal plans for preventing pollution and fixing problems when they occur....
both bills would expand registration requirements for food facilities and require facilities to implement food safety plans based on assessments of risk. Also, both bills would require FDA to conduct periodic safety inspections, expand the agency's access to industry records, and allow the agency to...