Seafood facility, acidified food processor warned by FDA By News Desk  A seafood facility and an acidified food processor are on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for violations of the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The FDA warned both companies in June this year. The warning letters were just recently posted for public view. The FDA allows companies 15 working days to respond... Continue Reading
DOJ: Freshy Foods needs to cease operations until it cleans up By Dan Flynn  A listeria strain that took up residence at Louisiana's Freshy Foods in 2013 and remains there to this day, along with multiple instances where its ready-to-eat sandwiches were poisoned with the same pathogen, spurred government action Friday. Attorneys from the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Consumer Protection Branch and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern... Continue Reading
Digital records bring greater food safety, management benefits By Laura Mushrush  Editor's note: This is the second installment of a four-part series on how companies can use electronic record keeping to enhance food safety efforts. The series is sponsored by PAR Technologies. "Today's food supply chains have an inherent weakness: individual parties are using disparate digital systems, different technologies, and paper-based processes to bridge the gaps," says... Continue Reading
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Editor’s note: This opinion column was originally published by The Conversation and is republished here with permission. The Trump administration on June 21 unveiled an ambitious plan to consolidate federal food safety efforts within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Currently, 15 agencies throughout the federal government administer 35 different laws related to food safety under... 
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