Facility Inspection
USDA Announces Steps to Improve Compliance with Residue Requirements and to Increase Testing at Establishments with Repeat Violators
April 24, 2012 | No comments
The USDA announced yesterday new guidance designed to prevent tainted meat products from reaching consumers. Like the Food Safety Modernization Act, which …
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Study Finds Antibiotics, Arsenic in Poultry Feed
April 6, 2012 | No comments
Arsenic finds its way into the news again. Food Court first reported on research finding organic arsenic in apple juice, …
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Staples Warned by FDA over Snacks Gnawed by Rats
March 13, 2012 | No comments
Retailers who carry snack may want to rethink their compliance strategies. Under new FSMA provisions and increased FDA scrutiny retailers …
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How does FDA Identify a High-Risk (HR) Facility under the Food Safety Modernization Act?
March 9, 2012 | No comments
The FDA released new information today on how the Agency would determine which facilities are “high risk facilities” that require …
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Guest Contributor: “Big 6″ non-O157 STEC
March 2, 2012 | No comments
Guest Contributior: Michael “Mick” Guerini, Microbiologist and Technical Writer When can we be ready to detect the “Big 6″ non-O157:H7 E. coli? The USDA’s …
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USDA Seeks Comments on Revisions to Food Container Standards
January 19, 2012 | No comments
The USDA us propsing changes to the Standards for Condition of Food Containers (Title 7 Part 42), which sets out …
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Top Food Observations in 2011 (Citations made in Form 483s)
January 3, 2012 | No comments
Yesterday Food Court reported on the top ten observations made during a facility audit. Observations are the citations made in …
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Responding to a Warning Letter from the FDA – Food
November 4, 2011 | No comments
If you are reading this you are probably in the middle of an enforcement crisis. Responding to an FDA-483, Warning …
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FDA Seeks Beijing’s Help Over Food Safety
November 4, 2011 | No comments
The WSJ and NPR reported today that FDA officials are requesting Beijing’s help in implementing a new food-safety law requiring …
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Feds Remove Food from Rodent-Infested Warehouse in Streamwood, Ill
October 18, 2011 | No comments
The Associated Press is reporting investigators say they found widespread rodent infestation in a suburban Chicago warehouse used to store …
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