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Critical infrastructure and cybersecurity receive executive attention

FDA requests $4.7 billion budget for food safety

FSMA and food import safety are priorities.

April 11, 2013

FSMA and food import safety are priorities.

SQF Level 2 certification, FDA preventative controls compared

New report examines overlap, differences.

Shane O'Halloran

April 10, 2013

New report examines overlap, differences.

Plant Sanitation

Top five ways to get your plant sanitation FSMA-ready

Although the final FSMA preventive controls and cGMP provisions may be more than a year away, now is the time to develop and apply requisite science-based food safety plans.

Julie Larson Bricher

April 9, 2013

On January 4, 2013, two years after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, FDA issued its proposed Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls (HARPC) regulations.

Food Safety

Metal detection: Quality or safety?

Make sure the equipment has been properly set up and validated, and these activities have been fully documented.

Richard F. Stier

April 9, 2013

Metal detection is a fact of life in the food processing industry. Most processors, whether they process snacks, meats, grains or liquids, have either metal detectors or X-ray machines to detect and control metal contamination.

TECH FLASH

Quantitative framework would improve food safety

A recent technical paper grades food safety performance from A to F.

Shane O'Halloran

April 8, 2013

How can industry and government increase the quantitative aspects of food safety effectiveness?

Safe Quality Food announces information days program

The first seminar in the series will take place on April 18 in Chicago, IL.

April 1, 2013

The first seminar in the series will take place on April 18 in Chicago, IL.

TECH FLASH

Increasing complexity of the food chain demands improved management of supplier track and trace data

Tom Egan of PMMI discusses supplier track and trace with Food Engineering.

Shane O'Halloran

March 26, 2013

Is your track and trace operation suited to today’s supply web?

TECH FLASH

FDA releases International Food Safety Capacity-Building plan

The plan is designed to expand the food safety capacity of foreign governments and agencies.

Shane O'Halloran

March 12, 2013

Multilateral agreements, secure data sharing and mutual recognition of food inspection reports are recommended.

Food Defense Systems

Staff vigilance: The first line of food defense

Facing mandates to safeguard against deliberate contamination, food companies walk a fine line between implementing effective defenses and creating an uncomfortable workplace.

Kevin T. Higgins

March 6, 2013

The joke in certain circles is that the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which explicitly cites the need to guard against intentional adulteration, should more accurately be referred to as SCFEA: the Security Consultants Full Employment Act.

FSMA Update

The devil’s in the details

Looking for some light reading material before going to bed? The first proposed rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act are not the place to start.

Kevin T. Higgins

March 6, 2013

The second anniversary of the signing into law of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was celebrated January 4 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with the long-delayed unveiling of the first proposed regulations affecting manufacturers and their upstream partners in the food chain.