Comments on: Frozen Food Safety

By: Food Safety Enhancement Act Moves to Full Committee - NBA FOODAdvocate

Food Safety Enhancement Act Moves to Full Committee - NBA FOODAdvocate — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:38:21 +0000

[...] A few changes were made before sending the bill along, including halving to $500 the proposed $1000 facility registration fee to FDA, as well as setting a $175 thousand cap on such fees paid by a single company. Other changes are being called for from all sides, including the American Meat Institute, whose recent letter to the committee expressed concerns about, among other issues, the feasibility of the bill’s proposed traceability requirements and the burden they may place on small businesses (we blogged about the necessity of food product and ingredient traceability here: Frozen Food Safety). [...]

By: Valley Meats E. Coli O157:H7 Contaminated Ground Beef Recall Update - NBA FOODAdvocate

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:50:12 +0000

[...] Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Illinois. This is among the many reasons why our food system is in need of strong trace-back regulation and enforcement so that the source of food poisoning can be identified and eliminated as [...]

By: IFT Food Safety & Quality Conference to Address Much-Needed Traceability - NBA FOODAdvocate

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:58:13 +0000

[...] comes to mind is the need for ingredient traceback in frozen foods, which you can read about here: Frozen Food Safety. Convening for a discussion of the traceability issue in food safety is a smart move by industry, [...]