Latest News From FDA

The Packer's editors recap the big topics of the week, from the extension of the comment period on the FDA's food traceability rule and the 2021 outlook to redder tomatoes and better citrus merchandising.

BlockApps, an enterprise blockchain platform provider, has launched the TraceHarvest Network, which allows access to supply chain information to improve food safety and other measures.

The Food and Drug Administration and its counterparts in Mexico are taking steps to strengthen collaboration on food safety, from outbreak investigations to training and outbreak prevention measures.

(UPDATED) The Food and Drug Administration has proposed new traceability rules that seek elevated record-keeping for many fresh produce items, from all fresh-cut products to leafy greens and tomatoes.

The Food and Drug Administration is extending the deadline for comments on the agency’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety campaign.

The Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention at The Ohio State University has scheduled a food safety forum.

Three government agencies are partnering with the Food Waste Reduction Alliance, with plans to formalize industry education and outreach with the three founders of the alliance.

iTradeNetwork has plans to offer 2,000 perishable food and beverage companies free use of its iTracefresh traceability suite, in what it calls an important leap to industry-wide traceability.

An outbreak of Cyclospora illnesses linked to fresh basil appears to be over, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Department of Health and Human Services has named Ned Sharpless, director of the National Cancer Institute, as acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

Scott Gottlieb, the Food and Drug Administration commissioner whose two-year tenure has included oversight of recent romaine outbreaks and implementation of many Food Safety Modernization Act regulations, has resigned.

The Food and Drug Administration has released its second installment of what food facilities should do to protect against intentional adulteration of foods.

Tasked with shifting food safety oversight from a reactive to proactive role, the Food and Drug Administration has released a plan on methods to stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 15 plans to start inspections of high-risk food facilities, which include leafy green processing plants, using mostly unpaid furloughed employees.

When the Food and Drug Administration tells a food company to issue a recall “or else,” a new document describes exactly what that means.

The Food and Drug Administration is launching an online food safety resource for produce importers three months ahead of its original planned release.

After a five-year stint focusing on food safety at the Produce Marketing Association, Jim Gorny has returned to the Food and Drug Administration as senior science advisor for produce safety.

Jim Gorny is leaving the Produce Marketing Association to join the Food and Drug Administration, one of several moves from the agency in recent weeks to focus more on food safety.

The Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture, citing the agencies' dual roles with enforcing the Food Safety Modernization Act, have pledged to work together on food oversight.

Produce growers looking for qualified produce safety rule trainers can find it easily with a new web tool.

Upcoming food safety seminars by AudioEducator will feature topics including food fraud and the effect of the Trump Administration on the Food and Drug Administration.

Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan once said the most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

Repeating a familiar theme, the U.S. General Accounting Office has called for a more unified approach to food safety issues among federal agencies.

The Food and Drug Administration has published draft guidance to help sprout operations meet safety standards for sprouts.

In the town full of acronyms, CAERS is just another one, more obscure than most. Produce marketers should get to know it.

Saying its new guidance will emphasize prevention of food safety problems, the Food and Drug Administration has issued revised draft guidance on the control of Listeria monocytogenes in fresh produce and other ready-to-e

The Food and Drug Administration has awarded $21.8 million to support 42 states in the implementation of the agency's produce safety rule.

The Food and Administration's recent draft food safety guidance should help fresh produce operations comply with new food safety rules.

In the kind of outreach that should happen more often, senior staff with the Food and Drug Administration toured two produce farms Aug. 5.