FSIS Implements Modernized Chemical Residue Quantitative Method FSIS has developed an innovative method for beef muscle samples that uses modern chemistry instrumentation for quantifying chemical residues. On October 1, 2023, the FSIS laboratory system intends to implement a new quantitative metho...

FSIS Launches New Data Tool: Recall and Public Health Alert API WASHINGTON, September 7, 2023– The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) launched a new feature on its website that enables software developers to access data on recalls and publ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded the signing of a Regulatory Partnership Arrangement (RPA) with Ecuador’s seafood regulatory authority to enhance the safety of shrimp imported to the United States. A first-of-its-kind, the RPA serves as an arrangement between the FDA a...

Overview In August 2019 the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (now the Food Ministers’ Meeting) asked the Food Regulation Standing Committee (FRSC) to consider options to improve the composition of the food supply in relation to trans fats. This consultation has ...

By: Robert M. Califf, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs As weannouncedat the start of the year, the FDA is embarking on an ambitious plan to transform our current organizational structure in the various foods programs into a unified Human Foods Program (HFP). These changes will improve how we pr...

Constituent Update August 8, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing adirect final ruleto complete administrative actions that reflect the agency’s June 2015 final determination that the use of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in foods is no longer Generally Recognized as Saf...

Minister Peter Hauk MdL: "Consumers can rely on strong consumer health protection in the state" The annual food control report for 2022 is presented. “Consumers rightly expect that the groceries and everyday items they buy should be labeled correctly and understandably without any health pro...

Introduction Under the scheme, places where food is supplied, sold or consumed are given a rating ranging from 0 to 5, with 5 indicating ‘very good’ food hygiene and 0 indicating ‘urgent improvement necessary’. In Wales and Northern Ireland, businesses have been legally r...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an update on its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), which includes a new model for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). These additions to the FDA Commissioner’s proposalannounced earlier this yearwill further en...

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: FSIS is announcing the availability of its updated Best Practices Guidance for Controlling Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) in Retail Delicatessens. The best-practices ...