Tag: food safety

IFPA Chief Food Safety & Regulatory Officer, Dr. Jennifer McEntire, will step away from her role with the association on May 5, 2023.

Jan Fruits Inc. of Vernon, CA, is recalling all its cases of its 200g/7.05oz packages of ENOKI MUSHROOM (Product of Taiwan) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), part of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), announces its 22nd Annual Conference, “Delivering Food in Turbulent Times: The Need for Agility & Resilience.”

Those who (like everyone in the produce industry) have a vested interest in food safety may have been following the shakeups, real and proposed, for the troubled Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

iFoodDS, the leading platform provider of connected traceability, quality, and food safety solutions for the fresh food supply chain, today announced the launch of a consulting arm, New Era Partners, to advise firms on achieving operational compliance with the FSMA 204 mandate.

ISEAL supports ambitious sustainability systems to tackle the world’s most pressing challenges. With its growing global network and focus on credible practices, ISEAL drives impact and makes markets a force for good.

Edible Garden AG Incorporated (“Edible Garden” or the “Company”), a leader in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), locally grown, organic and sustainable produce and products, today announced a research partnership with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (“NJIT”), the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) and the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), studying the impacts of nanobubble technology on food safety of fresh produce and processing procedures.

The International Fresh Produce Association welcomed today’s announcement by FDA Commissioner Califf describing structural changes to the Foods Program at the Food and Drug Administration, and anxiously awaits additional details in late February, as indicated by the Commissioner.

A diverse coalition of food policy stakeholders representing consumers, industry, and state and local regulators reiterated its call for significant structural reform of FDA’s foods program ahead of the agency’s anticipated January 31 announcement on how it intends to implement recommendations from a report by the Reagan-Udall Foundation.

Frank Yiannas, who has been the deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the Food and Drug Administration since 2018, resigned and will leave his position next month.