Warning letters follow up recent FDA inspections By News Desk  Bao International Inc. in La Canada, CA, Mama Turney's Homemade Pies Inc. and Southern Aire Seafood Inc., both in Nashville, and MBDR Foods LLC in Lenexa, KS all have one thing in common. They've recently received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Association. Warning letters usually follow FDA inspections that turned up food... Continue Reading
Is it time to get your head — and data — in the cloud? By Laura Mushrush  They are everywhere, taking reliable measurements on a rigorous schedule in storage facilities, shipping containers and retail refrigerator units across the globe. From multiple temperatures at pinpoint times during transportation, to appliance maintenance of freezers at the supermarket, massive amounts of data are collected and automatically sent off to a central cloud database. For the... Continue Reading
Toughest criminal and civil actions were not used during 1Q By Dan Flynn  USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) completed the first quarter of the federal fiscal year without major use of either the civil or criminal courts, which is a bit unusual. The FSIS quarterly enforcement report for the three month period ending Dec. 31, 2016, shows no seizures or injunctions or other major civil actions... Continue Reading
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