Last week the U. S. House of Representatives, Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Current State of Cosmetics,” the first of its kind in decades, featuring panel testimonies and inquiry related to the overall safety of...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last week that it will not ban BPA, the on-again off-again controversial chemical used in a variety of food packaging applications. This announcement from FDA is the most recent in a long string of protests, promises,...
Technology is central to the success (or even existence) of FDA’s food tracking and tracing pilot currently underway as part of FSMA’s new authority grant to the Agency. If you have not read our first blog about the pilot conducted by FDA and IFT please read that...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently unveiled a new pilot program studying tracking and tracing technologies for high-risk foods. The pilot is contemplated in Sec. 204 of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), a legislative initiative aiming at reducing...
In a recently updated Q/A section on the FDA’s FSMA web page, FDA attempts to clarify the impact of FSMA upon “High-Risk” food facilities. Essentially, FDA plans to utilize a database to identify the world’s High Risk Facilities and inspect them all every 3 years....
Imagine you’re a parent thinking about which private school to send your child to. You’re looking at School X and it seems like a great fit; it’s close, inexpensive, great teachers, etc… But as you peruse the school’s website you’re suddenly shocked to find a...
Benjamin England, Founder and CEO of FDAImports.com recently presented at the 2012 Journal of Commerce Cool Cargoes Event entitled “Planning an FDA-Proof International Container Cold Chain.” The Cool Cargoes track is part of the JOC’s annual TPM conference...
Recent statements from the CDC regarding food safety trends and statistics have been wildly reductionist and inconclusive. But they do provide us with hints about the future direction of federal government thinking with respect to managing food safety risks: Food...
On February 23rd 2012 the FDA issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing enhanced food facility record inspection authority granted to the Agency by Congress in the Food Safety Modernization Act.[1] Under the old regulations, FDA could only demand that you...
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) enacted January 4, 2011 set forth a variety of benchmark reporting requirements for FDA, one of which is a summary of the FDA’s foreign offices and their progress and direction for the future. The FDA has recently submitted...
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