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US: Trump’s new plan to consolidate federal food safety efforts won’t work. Here’s why
Timothy D. Lytton / The Conversation: The Trump administration on June 21 unveiled an ambitious plan to consolidate federal food safety efforts within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Currently, 15 agencies throughout the federal government administer 35 different laws related to food safety under the oversight of nine congressional committees. The administration calls this system “illogical” and “fragmented.”
Concern about this state of affairs has been fueling similar consolidation proposals for decades. But my research for a forthcoming book on the U.S. food safety system suggests…
Read the full story at The Conversation
VN: International assistance to enhance Việt food safety
Viet Nam News: HÀ NỘI – About 1,000 small-hold farmers will take capacity enhancing training on food safety offered by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in the next three years.
The IFC in partnership with New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs and Trade Aid Programme will assist from 10 to 20 farms to acquire GLOBAL GAP certification
Read more at vietnamnews.vn
AU: How the latest food recall affects you
Rachel Clemons / Choice: Seven people have been hospitalised and 14 more are sick with Salmonella poisoning after eating contaminated alfalfa sprouts sold in South Australia.
Check here for details of the food product affected, why it’s being recalled, who’s at risk and what you need to do to stay safe.
Read the full article at choice.com.au
AU: Making sure floors meet HACCP Standard
foodmag.com.au: Putting in place an effective Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) food safety management plan has become a central priority for any facility involved in the production, processing or storage of food and beverage produce.
This preventive risk assessment system ensures that all food safety hazards are assessed and that appropriate controls are put in place to eliminate or reduce contamination.
Read the full article at the Food & Beverage magazine website
UK: ‘Any failure may impact brand reputation, you may not recover’: Study finds food safety ‘not a high priority risk’
Katy Askew / Food Navigator: A new study has concluded that food safety is not always identified as a “priority risk” by food makers.
Read the full article at the Food Navigator website
US: Ensuring the safety of food contact materials: GMPs and beyond
George Misko / Food Safety Magazine: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in January 2018 that it was exercising enforcement discretion with respect to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) requirements for importers of food contact substances (FCSs).
The news was met with a sigh of relief by the industry. The reasons for FDA’s decision centered on the vastly different hazard profiles and risks presented between FCSs and traditional food.
Read the full article at the Food Safety Magazine website
US: Outbreaks bring sense of urgency to food safety symposium
Chris Kroger / The Packer: CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The backgrounds of scientists and their areas of focus at the Center for Produce Safety’s ninth annual symposium were certainly diverse, but presentation after presentation laid down a basic message: shared knowledge is critical.
Read the full article at The Packer
UK: What bacteria don’t want you to know about food safety
Dominic Cuthbert / Food and Drink International: Business standards company BSI has published the revised international standard for food safety management.
ISO 22000:2018 Food safety management systems – requirements for any organisation in the food chain provides a framework based on best practice for any organisation, from a small, family-owned farm to a multi-national food service outlet, to implement a comprehensive food safety management system.
Read the full post at fdiforum.net
AU: Can reusable shopping bags make us sick?
Photo: Aaron Warren / flickr.com(CC BY-ND 2.0)
Helen Yuk / mamamia.com.au: The days of flimsy plastic shopping bags floating around the place are over. People all around Australia are going to have to start remembering to bring reusable bags with them when they go to the supermarket – or buy bags once they’re there.
But for years, stories have been circulating about the amount of bacteria found in reusable shopping bags. Is it safe to reuse the same bags for groceries over and over?
Read the full article at mamamia.com.au