Food Safety

Best Food Defense Plan? Cue the Offense

Updates to food defense plans should occur when a plant changes its equipment design or installation layouts, or has changes in personnel, ingredients, or packaging material vendors.

May 17, 2020

Regulatory: Page 14

Regulatory

Meat Packing Companies Face Possible Federal Scrutiny

Attorneys general from several ranching states are asking the D.O.J. to launch an antitrust investigation of the beef processing industry.

May 8, 2020

Food Safety

Tyson Resumes Operations at Logansport Facility, Rolls Out On-site Health Care Services

While the Logansport facility was closed, the meat processor added more workstation barriers, installed more hand sanitizer dispensers, and did additional deep cleaning and sanitation.

May 4, 2020

Regulatory

FDA Provides Flexibility for Shell Egg Producers

Agency issues guidance to support food supply chain and meet consumer demand during COVID-19

April 21, 2020

Food Safety

FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety

The agency’s vision is based on three fundamental tenets: It must be people-led; it should be FSMA-based; and solutions should be technology-enabled.

April 15, 2020

Food Safety

Social Distancing, Disinfecting, and Other Precautions for Industry during Pandemic

Food and Drug Administration

FDA answers essential questions for food and beverage manufacturing facilities during the COVID-19 outbreak

April 6, 2020

Food Safety

FDA Answers Processors’ FAQs on COVID-19

Food and Drug Administration

Social distancing, facility cleaning, hand sanitizers, and more are covered.

March 30, 2020

Food Safety

FDA Provides Temporary Flexibility Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food

Food and Drug Administration

Move taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, offers guidance to restaurants and food manufacturers

March 27, 2020

Food Safety

The COVID-19 Outbreak and Food Production

Food and beverage industry workers are deemed essential to critical infrastructure; FDA suspends some inspections.

March 19, 2020

Beverage

FDA Issues Temporary COVID-19 Policy for Receiving Facilities and FSVP Importers

FDA

New temporary policy for meeting FSMA Supplier Verification Onsite Audit Requirements

March 18, 2020

Food Safety

FDA Releases Action Plan to Advance the Safety of Leafy Greens

Agency announces ways it will work to prevent and respond to STEC outbreaks in a commodity that has been “too often implicated” in cases of foodborne illness

March 6, 2020

Food Safety

New FSIS Leadership Announced

Paul Kiecker to serve as administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

February 24, 2020

Food Safety

GFSI Releases Case Study Booklet

New and improved Case Study Booklet includes real stories on business actions to advance food safety

February 19, 2020