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2009 USDA/FDA News

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· Public Meeting to Address Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products

· New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

· FDA Expands Presence Outside U.S. with Opening of Mexico City Post

· School Food Safety Program Based on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Principles

· FDA Debars Convicted Virginia Seafood Dealer from Importing Food for 20 Years

· USDA Deregulates Genetically Engineered Corn Modified for Herbicide Resistance

· USDA CONSUMER ALERT: Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency

· USDA and HHS Continue Food Safety Working Group Efforts; Customs and Border Protection Opens Import Food Safety Center

· FDA Launches New Pet Health and Safety Widget

· USDA and HHS Continue Food Safety Working Group Efforts; Customs and Border Protection Opens Import Food Safety Center

· USDA Launches Toll-Free Help Desk for Small Meat and Poultry Processors

· FDA, CDC, and States Investigating Norovirus Illnesses Linked to Oysters Consumers advised to avoid oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay

· Joint FSIS-FDA Public Meeting on Tracing Unsafe Food Products

· Food Defense Tool from FDA and APHIS Helps Farmers, Producers Assess Vulnerabilities

· Reportable Food Report

· Draft Compliance Policy Guide, Dairy Products Microbial Contaminants and Alkaline Phosphatase Activity

· FDA Seeks Permanent Injunction Against Sharkco Seafood International Inc. Sharkco’s History of Violations Prompts FDA to Seek Court Action

· ‘‘Real Time’’ Surveys of Consumers’ Knowledge, Perceptions, and Reported Behavior Concerning Foodborne Illness Outbreaks or Food Recalls

· E. coli O157:H7 - Consumer Information from FoodSafety.gov

· FDA Takes Action Against Maryland Veal Calf Dealer

· FDA Takes Action Against Dairy Farm and Owner

· Acrylamide in Food; Request for Comments and for Scientific Data and Information; Extension of Comment Period

· FDA Takes Action Against Dairy Farm and Owner

· Make Food Safety Part of Your Holiday Menu; Have a Safe, Successful Holiday Feast

· The Nationwide Microbiological Baseline Data Collection Program: Young Chicken Survey

· FDA Takes Action against Seafood Processing Company, Executives

· FDA to Look into Safety of Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages

· FDA Statement on Vibrio vulnificus in Raw Oysters

· New Report Recommends Enhanced Food Tracing Guidelines

· FDA Issues 2009 FDA Food Code

· FDA and FSIS Collaborate To Improve Tracing of Unsafe Food Products; Goal is to Prevent or Mitigate Foodborne Illness

· Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Tomatoes; Extension of Comment Period

· Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Melons; Extension of Comment Period

· Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Leafy Greens; Extension of Comment Period

· Product Tracing Systems for Food; Public Meeting

· Questions and Answers about the Impact of FDA’s New Policy to Prevent Vibrio vulnificus in Gulf Coast Raw, Untreated Oysters

· FDA, JIFSAN Travel to Bangladesh to Teach Seafood Safety

· Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Responds to Allegations From the Humane Society of the United States

· USDA Food Safety Videos

· Notice of Request for a New Information Collection (Food Safety Education Conference)

·         Raw Product Destined For Ready-To-Eat Product Excluded From Salmonella Testing

·         Recordkeeping Requirements for Microbiological Testing and Corrective Measures for Bottled Water

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·         Web Seminar: Selecting Scientific Documentation to Support Establishments' HACCP Plan | Register

·         Web Seminar: Selecting and Maintaining Effective GMPS for an Effective Food Safety System | Register

·         Codex Alimentarius Commission, Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

·         Cooperative Inspection Programs; Interstate Shipment of Meat and Poultry Products

·         ARS, Company Team Up to Fight Biofilm Food Contamination

·         Keeping America's Families Safe: Reforming the Food Safety System

·         Public Meeting to Address Codex Committee on Food Hygiene

·         Verification of Less Than Daily (LTD) Sanitation Procedures

·         Hardy New Aflatoxin-Resistant Corn Lines Released

·         FDA Awards $17.5 Million in Grants to Further Food and Feed Safety

·         ARS System to Detect Poultry Contamination Passes First Commercial Test

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·         FDA Takes Enforcement Action against Ready-to-Eat Sandwich Manufacturer

·         Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Launches National Institute Of Food and Agriculture

·         Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Regarding Recent E. Coli Story

·         E. coli O157:H7 Resources

·         Intensified Verification Testing and “For Cause” Food Safety Assessments in Response to Ready-To-Eat Testing Results

·         USDA Joins FDA Efforts on New Food Safety Regulations

·         FDA Consumer Health Information Updates: FDA's Cooperative Programs Improve Food Safety

·         Safe and Suitable Ingredients Used in the Production of Meat and Poultry Products

·         SignFSIS Food Safety Videocasts Added

·         Industry Podcasts

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·         Food Safety at Home Podcasts

·         FDA Issues Strategic Plan for Risk Communication

·         FDA Consumer Health Information Updates

·         General Food Defense Plan

·         Intensified Verification Testing and “For Cause” Food Safety Assessments In Response to Ready-to-Eat Testing Results

·         General Food Defense Plan

·         Cooperative Inspection Programs: Interstate Shipment of Meat and Poultry Products

·         FSIS Proposes Interstate Commerce Shipping Regulations for Small Plant Operations

·         Statement from Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Regarding Animal Health and 2009 Pandemic H1N1 Influenza

·         HHS and USDA Unveil New Food Safety Consumer Web Site at www.foodsafety.gov

· Compositing of Environmental Samples Collected During Risk-Based Listeria monocytogenes (RLm) Sampling

· Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the 3^rd session of the Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance

· FDA Opens the Reportable Food Registry Electronic Portal for industry

· Reportable Food Registry

· Guidance for Industry: Q&A Regarding the Reportable Food Registry as Established by the FDA Amendments Act of 2007

· Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997: Modifications to the List of Recognized Standards

· FDA Study Indicates Most Industry Postmarketing Studies

· Ensuring Sample Integrity When Submitting Residue Samples to the Laboratory for Residue Testing

· Questions and Answers Regarding the Labeling of Dietary Supplements

· School Food Safety Inspections

· Final Rule for Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation; Public Meetings

· Interagency Risk Assessment of the Public Health Impact From Foodborne L. monocytogenes in Some RTE Foods

· Interagency Memorandum of Understanding on Toxicity of Nanomaterials

· Acrylamide in Food; Request for Comments and for Scientific Data and Information

· FSIS Publishes List of Issuances Slated for September

· Draft Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Melons

· Draft Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Tomatoes

· Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Leafy Greens

· Irradiation in the Production, Processing, and Handling of Food

· Prevention of E. coli O157:H7 for Further Processors

· FDA: Tuna Salad Sandwiches, Other Products Seized at Louisiana Company

· FDA Commissioner Sets Out Vision on Enforcement to Support Public Health

· Margaret Hamburg: Effective Enforcement and Benefits to Public Health

· Food Safety Education Conference, Atlanta, GA, March 23-26, 2010

· APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum

· Verification Activities for E. coli O157:H7 in Raw Beef Products

· FDA Issues Draft Guidances for Tomatoes, Leafy Greens and Melons

· Draft Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Melons; Availability

· Draft Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Tomatoes; Availability

· Draft Guidance for Industry: Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Leafy Greens; Availability

· Seafood HACCP Alliance for Education and Training (U18).

· FDA Gives Update on Botulinum Toxin Safety Warnings; Established Names of Drugs Changed

· HHS Secretary Sebelius, Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Announce New Strategies to Keep America’s Food Supply Safe

· APEC Food Safety Cooperation Forum

· Routine Sampling and Testing of Beef Manufacturing Trimmings Derived From Cattle Not Slaughtered in That Establishment (Bench Trim) for (E. coli) O157:H7

· Directive

· Public Health Advisory: The FDA recommends that consumers should not use body building products marketed as containing steroids or steroid-like substances

· Warning Letter

· Issues Regarding Effective Microbiological Testing for E. coli O157:H7 for Small and Very Small Plants - July 29, 2009

· Homeland Security Threat Condition Response - Food Defense Verification Procedures - Revision 5

· FDA: Adulterated Animal Feed Seized

· Update on Recalled Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough

· HHS/USDA News Release: USDA and HHS Praise Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response

· USDA and HHS Praise Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response

· Classes of Poultry

· FDA Takes Enforcement Action Against Three New Jersey Dietary Supplement and Protein Powder Manufacturers

· Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production, Storage, and Transportation

· Obama Administration Delivers on Commitment to Upgrade U.S. Food Safety System

· Noted Food Safety Expert Michael R. Taylor Named Advisor to FDA Commissioner

· FDA: New Public Health Regulation to Improve Egg Safety and Reduce Salmonella Illnesses

· Egg Safety Final Rule

· FDA Takes Enforcement Action Against Cheese Manufacturer

· Independence Day: Drills for the Grill

· USDA Stresses Food Safety During Fourth of July Holiday Weekend

· FDA Confirms E. Coli O157:H7 in Prepackaged Nestlé Toll House Refrigerated Cookie Dough

· Draft Guidance for Industry on Measures to Address the Risk for Contamination by Salmonella Species in Food Containing Pistachios

· Statement by Mr. Almanza

· 2010 Food Safety Education Conference

· FDA Seeks Public Input on Transparency

· Questions and Answers About the Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough Recall

· FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Nestle Toll House Prepackaged, Refrigerated Cookie Dough

· Interagency Retail Listeria monocytogenes Risk Assessment: Notice of Public Meeting on June 23, 2009

· FSIS, FDA to Host Meeting on Interagency Retail Listeria Risk Assessment

· Changes in Sampling Frequency for E. Coli O157:H7 Testing in Raw Ground Beef

· Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- 10 States, 2008

· FDA Forms Transparency Task Force

· Meat, Poultry, Egg Products, and Shell Eggs Refused Entry Into the United States (U.S.)

· Bottled Water: Final Rule

· Interagency Retail L. monocytogenes Risk Assessment

· 2010 Food Safety Education Conference

· Obama Administration Launches Food Safety Working Group Website (May 21, 2009)

· Dietary Supplements Worth $1.3 Million Condemned and Forfeited to the United States Under Consent Decree

· President's FY 2010 Budget for FDA Invests Substantially in Food and Medical Product Safety

· Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

· FDA: More than $1.5 Million of Adulterated Food, Food Ingredients Seized

· 2010 Food Safety Education Conference
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· Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Confirmation of Effective Date of Final Rule; Correction

· Verifying Sanitary Dressing and Process Control Procedures In Slaughter Operations Of Cattle of Any Age

· Guidance for Industry: Bottled Water: Arsenic Small Entity Compliance Guide

· Guidance for Industry: Cochineal Extract and Carmine; Small Entity Compliance Guide

· Guidance for Industry: Bottled Water: Uranium Small Entity Compliance Guide

· Statement from Secretary Vilsack on Canada Detection of H1N1 in Alberta Swine
Guidance for FDA and CBP Staff: Prior Notice of Imported Food Under the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002

· Guidance for Industry: Small Entities Compliance Guide for Renderers—Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Availability

· Small Entity Compliance Guide: Bottled Water: Arsenic; Availability

· Small Entity Compliance Guide: Bottled Water: Uranium; Availability

· Small Entity Compliance Guide: Cochineal Extract and Carmine: Declaration by Name on the Label of All Foods and Cosmetic Products That Contain These Color Additives; Availability

· Frequently Asked Questions About Influenza H1N1

· See USDA's Newsroom for updated statements by Secretary Vilsack.

· 2009 Flu Information from CDC

· Updated Statement by Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Regarding USDA Efforts Regarding H1N1 Flu Outbreak

· Update By Secretary Of Agriculture Vilsack Regarding USDA Outreach Efforts Regarding Swine Influenza A (H1N1)

· Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Regarding Human Cases of Swine Influenza A(H1N1)

· Frequently Asked Questions Swine and Human Cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1)

· Raw Alfalfa Sprouts Linked To Salmonella Contamination

· Statement by Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack Regarding Human Cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1)

· Frequently Asked Questions: Swine and Human Cases of Swine Influenza A (H1N1)

· Swine Flu Information from CDC

· What You Need to Know About Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments (A Small Entity Compliance Guide)

· Peer Review Report - Risk Profile: Hepatitis A Virus Infection Associated with Consumption of Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce

· Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Confirmation of Effective Date of Final Rule

· Exploring the World of Food Safety through Science

· Recommendations for the Early Food Safety Evaluation of New Non-Pesticidal Proteins Produced by New Plant Varieties Intended for Food Use

· District Veterinary Medical Specialist – Work Methods

· Preliminary FoodNet Data on the Incidence of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- 10 States, 2008

· Substances Prohibited From Use in Animal Food or Feed; Final Rule: Proposed Delay of Effective Date

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