Listeria Outbreak was a 'Wake-Up Call' for the U.S. Apple Industry By News Desk  Following the recent outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to caramel apples which killed seven people and hospitalized 34, the president of the U.S. Apple Association has called food safety the apple industry’s “top issue,” according to the Capital Press. Jim Bair, the association’s president, made the declaration on his most recent trip to Washington state, where he met... Continue Reading
Trials Scheduled for Iowa Defendants in Halal Case By Dan Flynn  The founder of an Iowa-based global supplier of Halal meat and poultry products is scheduled for a federal criminal trial starting July 7 which is expected to take about a week. Another trial is scheduled for Sept. 28 for his two sons and the company he founded, the entity that certifies its products as Halal. The... Continue Reading
A Proactive Plan: The First Step to FSMA Compliance By Don Hsieh  It's been four years since Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and the time has finally come for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to implement its requirements. FDA declared 2015 "the year of FSMA" at the agency’s "FSMA Kickoff Meeting" for food industry stakeholders on April 23, 2015. The first court-ordered... Continue Reading
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A court in Doha, Qatar, recently found a Turkish fast-food restaurant and five of its employees guilty of selling food unfit for human consumption and sentenced them to jail, fines and deportation. The defendants also must publish the verdict in a local daily newspaper at their own expense. The Court of Environmental Misdemeanors found that several... 
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