In an ongoing effort to understand sources of foodborne illness in the United States, the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) collects and analyzes foodborne-illness outbreak data for four pathogens and specific foods and food categories that are responsible for foodborne illnesses in the United States.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for the proposed rule entitled “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced key achievements for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and highlighted progress on its goal of modernizing the agency and fulfilling its mission to prevent foodborne illness and protect public health.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Biological Hazards has issued guidelines on food information targeting consumers as part of a company’s food safety management system.
On December 3, The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) urged federal authorities to highly prioritize COVID-19 vaccination for the men and women who work in the meat and poultry industry, following healthcare workers and those in long term care facilities.
U.S. and foreign human and animal food facilities that are required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must renew their registration this year before December 31.