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Nov 15, 2010
FDA Needs $5 Billion, Former Official Says
President Obama’s FY 2011 budget allots some $1.37 billion for food safety programs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but the agency requires about five times that to keep the nation’s food supply safe, according to former FDA Associate Commissioner of Foods David Acheson, MD.
Nov 15, 2010
Food Safety Managers: Retail’s Magic Bullet?
A ten-year food safety study released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late October indicates that food safety managers (FSMs) at restaurants, grocery stores, and other retailers significantly improve their establishments’ compliance with food safety standards in a number of key areas.
Nov 09, 2010
Comments Sought on In-Plant Video Monitoring
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) seeks comment by Dec. 14 on its new draft guidelines aimed at assisting meat and poultry establishments in the use of in-plant video monitoring to improve operations.
Nov 09, 2010
Does New Salad Wash Live Up to Its Claims?
A new salad rinse developed by Chiquita Brands International lives up to its claims of superiority over standard chlorine washes, according to one food safety expert.
Oct 25, 2010
FDA Announces New Food Safety Mission
A new white paper from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outlining the agency’s new process for assessing the safety of overseas products has one food safety expert questioning the plan’s practicality.
Oct 25, 2010
McGill University to Open Food Lab
Montreal’s McGill University will open a new culinary and product development facility in January that is expected to be the first to offer all the components needed to develop a new food product, according to a faculty member.
Oct 18, 2010
Canada Needs New Import Process, Expert Says
In the wake of an internal audit that found major deficiencies in the safety systems used to screen food imported into Canada, a microbiologist and former Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) official says that country’s import process—and possibly that of the U.S.—could benefit from an overhaul.
Oct 18, 2010
New Method Detects Key Form of Botulinum Spores
Refrigerated convenience foods are growing in popularity, but they’re particularly vulnerable to a type of foodborne botulism caused by the form of the bacterium known as non-proteolytic Clostridium botulinum. That’s because, unlike the proteolytic strain, non-proteolytic C. botulinum can grow and produce toxin at refrigerated temperatures.
Oct 11, 2010
Egg Rule Inspections Begin
On Sept. 28, food safety inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began inspecting more than 600 egg-producing farms under the new “egg rule,” which requires producers with 50,000 or more laying hens to implement Salmonella-prevention measures and maintain records. The plan is for the FDA inspectors to visit all of these plants, which supply more than 80% of the nation’s eggs, within the next 15 months.
Oct 11, 2010
Food Safety Legislation Spurs Insurance Changes
Despite being stalled in the Senate, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, which would give the FDA greater authority in ordering recalls of contaminated food, is propelling insurance companies to offer coverage for such recalls, an industry insider said.
