January 4 marked the 3 year anniversary of the signing of the Food Safety Modernization Act. Here is the grand moment for anyone wishing to relive it. At the time it was touted as the most sweeping legislative change since the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. So, 3 years later, has it been? Anyone conducting […]
USDA-FSIS and the broiler industry have been in the news a lot lately. Last week there was this: Salmonella Action Plan Which is 86% broiler related, most of the rest turkey and then, bam, right there in the middle, is one small paragraph talking about hogs. Not sure if they were trying to hide it […]
So, you’ve received the results of your SQF audit. Pleased or disappointed with the results you’re probably wondering how you compare to others in your industry. SQFI does an outstanding job of presenting common non-conformitieis and offers the following for the 2012 audit year: Safe Quality Foods Top Ten Non Conformities 2.2.2.2 Records […]
As detailed in the following information from Feedstuffs the FDA will be required to meet the originally published deadline of November 30, 2013 for draft rules. Draft Rules Release Date I’m torn with rather this is good or bad news. On one hand, I’d like to get everything out in the open so that we […]
So once again someone with little real understanding of the industry weighs in on what may or may not be “safe” in the eyes of academia. Antibiotic Resistant E.Coli in Kosher Chicken There are so many things questionable about this article that I considered not even bothering to publicize the article but my disdain won […]
Wow – it’s been a busy week for USDA and FDA news threads. So many recalls that even my husband started to take note. In case you missed you – here’s a summary with the relevant details: USDA Announced Recalls: October 22, 2013 – Reser’s announces an all encompassing recall of 22,800 of various fully […]
curiouser and curiouser…….. USDA Threatens Withholding Consumer Reports weighs in
FSIS Health Alert In a fairly unprecedented move (during the government slowdown no less) FSIS has issued a health alert for raw poultry coming from several Foster Farms facilities in California. Me, being no stranger to Salmonella, FSIS or chickens, find the whole thing a bit puzzling and I will be watching this closely. […]
How’s that for an attention getting headline? I’m certain that’s what the Washington Post was going for when they published this article in their on-line Politics page this morning. You can read the whole, fairly inaccurate and definitely sensational, article here. WAPO Article It took FSIS approximately 30 minutes before they found the article and […]
Happy Food Safety Month! Let’s kick off the month not by highlighting the negative – of which there is much. But rather let’s celebrate the positive. America has the safest food supply in the world. Before FSMA, before heightened regulations, before the most recent technical advances – we had the safest food supply in the […]