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Showing posts with label fsma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fsma. Show all posts
Friday, February 14, 2020

FDA Releases Supplemental Draft Guidance on Food Defense Regulation

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FDA released a supplemental 'draft' guidance to support the IA Rule (Intentional Adulteration or Food Defense).  It is supplemental ...
Wednesday, November 6, 2019

FDA to Continue Leniency with Co-packers Supplier Control Where Brands Have Oversight

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FDA announced that they will continue to provide 'enforcement discretion' with supply chain controls for co-packers where the brand ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

FDA to Start Inspections for Food Defense Plan Compliance in March of 2020

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As part of the Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, FDA's Rule Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration...
Friday, July 27, 2018

Developing A Food Defense Plan - Meeting Compliance Requirements in the FSMA Rule on Preventing Intentional Contamination

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Penn State Extension https://extension.psu.edu/developing-a-food-defense-plan Developing a Food Defense Plan  Meeting Compliance Require...
Friday, September 1, 2017

FDA Updates Preventive Controls Guidance With Chapter on Heat Processing PC

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FDA updated their Preventive Controls Guidance document with a chapter on addressing the use of heat treatments as process controls.  To th...
Friday, August 25, 2017

FDA Releases Food Defense Plan Guidance

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FDA released a guidance document on developing and implementing a Food Defense Plan for mitigating against intentional contamination.   LINK...
Thursday, August 24, 2017

FDA Releases Food Safety Plan Builder

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FDA has provided a Food Safety Plan Builder which is an input driven tool that helps one to document and organize their company's Food S...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017

FDA Delays Compliance Dates for Agricultural Water as Part of FSMA Produce Safety Rule

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The FDA announced that it is planning to extend the deadline for compliance to agricultural water standards used in irrigation as part of th...
Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Preparing for a FSMA Audit from FoodOnline

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A recent article in FoodOnline (an informative online journal you should subscribe to if you haven't already) discusses how Kraft Heinz...
Thursday, April 6, 2017

FDA Issues 3 Waivers to Sanitary Transport Rule, Including Shipments by Retail Outlets

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With the Sanitary Transport Rule coming, FDA announced three waivers - 1) those permitted to ship milk, 2) those shipping food directly to c...
Monday, April 3, 2017

SoyNut Co-packer, Dixie Dew, Slammed in FDA Inspection, Now Suspended

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FDA suspended the food facility registration of the co-manufacturing facility of the Soy Nut Butter which was recalled for E. coli contamina...
Thursday, March 30, 2017

Shipping Food Products on Truck or Rail - Get Ready for Sanitary Transport Rule

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FDA's Sanitary Transport Rule takes effect in April for the larger firms.  A nice article published in American Trucker outlines how var...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

FDA Releases Draft Guidance to Assist Sprout Operations Comply with FSMA

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FDA released a draft guidance to help sprout operations comply with FSMA regulations.  The issue with sprouts is that the same conditions ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

GAO Finds FDA Technical Assistance Network (TAN) Response Times Slow

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The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that FDA's Technical Assistance Network (TAN), a system for answering questions rega...
Friday, October 28, 2016

FSMA Draft Guidance for Notifying Customers of Hazards That Need to be Controlled

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FDA issued a draft guidance that applies to food containing a hazard that must be controlled by a customer that is a further processor (not ...
Monday, September 19, 2016

First Day of Preventive Controls Compliance - What Do You Need to Know

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September 19, 2016 marks the compliance day when larger facilities making human food must meet preventive controls and Current Good Manufact...
Friday, August 26, 2016

FSMA Compliance Date Schedule - September 18th for General Compliance

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FDA's FSMA compliance dates are nearing.  Take a few minutes to review to see if you are where you need to be. Source - GMA website h...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

FDA Releases Draft Guidance on GMPs for Animal Feed

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 FDA issued Draft Guidance for Industry #235 - Current Good Manufacturing Practice Requirements for Food for Animals "to help facilit...

FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Facilities Sending By-Products for Use in Animal Feed

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FDA issued a draft guidance for food processing facilities that send their by-products for animal feed. For example, a company sending peels...

FSMA - FDA Extends Deadline for Certain Provisions of Four Major Rules

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As you know, the compliance dates are approaching for FSMA.  For Preventive Control for Human Foods, the compliance date for large firms in ...