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FDA marks one year of smarter food safety new era

By Janet Woodcock, M.D., Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response...

4 years ago 8 minute read

FDA releases Cyclospora action plan

For Immediate Release: July 01, 2021 Statement from Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response for Food and...

4 years ago 5 minute read

Asian specialty mushrooms recalled due to Listeria risk

The Food and Drug Administration issued recall alerts for enoki and seafood variety specialty mushrooms imported from Asia from several...

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA Romaine sampling program in 2019-20 found no pathogens

The FDA conducted a small, focused assignment in 2019 and 2020 to collect samples of raw agricultural commodity romaine lettuce...

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA seeks innovative traceability tools, opens dialogue on advancing food safety with technology

By Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the New...

4 years ago 7 minute read

FDA investigation of 2020 Salmonella outbreak linked to red onions points to irrigation water

For Immediate Release: May 13, 2021 The following quote is attributed to Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy...

4 years ago 4 minute read

FDA to start sampling lettuce grown in Salinas Valley, CA

FDA Constituent Update May 11, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be collecting and testing samples of lettuce...

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA report warns leafy greens growers of adjacent land risk

Statement From: Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response – Food and Drug Administration Frank Yiannas For Immediate Release: April...

4 years ago 6 minute read

FDA’s partnership with Mexican counterparts strengthens food safety

The following was released by the FDA’s Donald Prater, Associate Commissioner for Imported Food Safety; Julie Moss, Director of the...

4 years ago 10 minute read

USDA, FDA reaffirm no evidence shows transmission of COVID-19 through food or food packaging

Statement from Acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs – Food and Drug Administration Janet Woodcock M.D. Febuary 18, 2021 After...

4 years ago 4 minute read

FDA to use new romaine sampling plan in Yuma

February 5, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching an assignment to collect romaine lettuce samples from...

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA closes investigation of E. coli outbreak tied to leafy greens

The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, investigated a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections in...

4 years ago 3 minute read

LGMA stresses food safety measures as fall FDA leafy greens investigation concludes

January 27, 2021 Sacramento, CA – The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) BB #:210653 has been following closely the...

4 years ago 2 minute read

FDA data supports COVID-19 vaccine distribution to food workers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Foods Program has been using a new data analysis tool, called 21 FORWARD, that...

4 years ago 8 minute read

FDA proposes additional FSMA traceability recordkeeping

The FDA is proposing to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements (beyond what is already required in existing regulations) for persons...

4 years ago 1 minute read

The work of food safety continues in 2021

Even as the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act turns 10 this week, food safety remains a work in progress. FDA...

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA links fall E. coli outbreak to leafy greens

Dec. 12, 2020 — The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, investigated a multistate outbreak of E. coli...

4 years ago 2 minute read

FDA completes two of three 2020 E. coli outbreak investigations

The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, have completed the investigation on two of three multistate...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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