Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is hosting a public meeting on the supplemental proposed FSMA rules published on September 19. The meeting will be held on November 13, 2014, from 8:30-5:30 pm. The Agency published supplemental proposed rules on the Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule, Preventive Controls for Animal [...]
On October 2, 2014, Erik R. Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC conducted a webinar on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which reviewed the regulations issued to date by the U.S. and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and provided a look ahead to the future regulations FDA is required to issue under the law. A replay of [...]
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) requires facilities that are required to register under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002 (Sec. 415 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) to reregister with the U.s> Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on every even-numbered year. This requirement applies to both U.S. [...]
On September 25, 2014, Erik Lieberman held a webinar to review the supplemental proposed rules released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on September 19 to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The revisions apply to the following rules: Preventive Controls for Human Food, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, Foreign Supplier Verification [...]
On September 19, 2014, Stewart Parnell, the former owner and president and CEO of Peanut Corporation of America was found by a twelve member jury guilty of 67 federal felony counts associated with a massive Salmonella outbreak in 2008. His brother, Michael Parnell, who served as vice president of the company, was found guilty on [...]
On September 19, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration released four revised proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The revisions apply to the following rules: Preventive Controls for Human Food, Preventive Controls for Animal Food, Foreign Supplier Verification Program, and Produce Safety. The revisions address some of the key—and most controversial—aspects [...]
On September 2, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published a notice (Notice 43-14) to enforcement staff announcing that beginning on September 29, 2014, samples of raw ground beef products collected in consumer-ready packaging (with a label bearing a nutrition facts panel) for testing for Shiga toxin-producing E. [...]
On August 21, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final rule amending the poultry products inspection regulations to establish a new inspection system for young chicken and all turkey slaughter establishments. Young chicken and turkey slaughter establishments that do not choose to operate under [...]
On July 31, 2014, Erik Lieberman of Lieberman PLLC conducted a webinar on the regulation proposed by USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service on July 16, which requires retail stores and official establishments to maintain new records containing the identity and contact information of suppliers of source materials used in the preparation of raw ground [...]
On August 13, 2014, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that it will implement new traceback procedures when FSIS or another Federal or State agency finds raw ground beef or bench trim presumptive positive for Escherichia coli O157:H7. FSIS is [...]
