http://www.foodquality.com Regulatory Topic Rss http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1473853/States_Propose_Restrictions_on_Federal_Food_Safety_Authority.html <p>With new rules for the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act expected soon, at least two states are signaling their resistance with proposed legislation that would limit the ability of the federal government to enforce food safety laws in those states.</p> 2012-02-07T05:38:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1473847/1000_Inspectors_Slated_to_Lose_Jobs.html <p>A proposal by the USDA to phase out about 1,000 government inspection positions at poultry slaughter plants across the U.S. is a sensible move, said poultry experts interviewed by <em>Food Quality</em>.</p> 2012-02-07T05:27:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1454149/Will_Closing_259_USDA_Offices_Affect_Food_Safety.html <p>With $3 billion slashed from its operating budget since 2010, the USDA has announced it will close 259 offices beginning this year&mdash;including FSIS sites in Lawrence, Kan., Minneapolis, Minn., and Madison, Wis., along with 15 of the nearly 600 U.S. offices of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</p> 2012-01-28T00:08:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1450897/California_Takes_Lead_on_Listeria.html <p><em>Listeria</em> doesn&rsquo;t just make consumers ill&mdash;it can bring an industry to its knees.</p> 2012-01-23T16:21:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1420045/FDA_May_Modify_Rule_on_Arsenic_in_Juice.html <p>In the wake of a Consumer Reports study that found levels of arsenic that exceeded the federal standards for bottled water (10 parts per billion, or ppb) in about 10% of sampled apple and grape juices, the FDA has said it will consider tightening its restrictions on arsenic levels in juice.</p> 2011-12-09T23:50:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1395221/The_Highest_Calling.html <p>Over the past 100 years, the ways in which our food is produced, distributed, and regulated have changed dramatically. We have witnessed the maturation of our nation and the industry that keeps it fed. And, today, the concept of food safety is at the forefront of our national discourse. To ensure success in the future, we must be committed to learning from each of the significant&mdash;and lasting&mdash;lessons learned from our past.</p> 2011-11-15T18:13:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1378325/FDA_Grants_to_Fund_Food_Safety_Training.html <p>Grants to seven educational institutions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will fund food safety training programs to help improve responses to foodborne illness outbreaks and other events, according to officials at grant recipient institutions.</p> 2011-10-21T15:48:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1378323/Organization_Will_Help_Strengthen_Food_Safety_Coordination.html <p>The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) received a grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help strengthen interagency collaboration in the national food safety system, the AFDO announced.</p> 2011-10-21T15:47:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1352105/Are_We_Almost_There.html <p>With the passage of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been tasked to create approximately 50 rules, guidance documents, reports, and studies&mdash;all of which all must be implemented within very specific time frames.</p> 2011-09-21T15:02:00Z http://www.foodquality.com/details/article/1255477/FSMA_Takes_Shape.html <p>In less than 12 months from now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin requiring regulated food companies to demonstrate that they have adopted and implemented written food safety plans, with defined preventive controls designed to reduce or prevent food safety hazards.</p> 2011-07-15T20:56:00Z