Regulatory
The following list is a collection of all articles in the Regulatory category. To refine your list, select from the subcategories provided in the navigation bar and here for your convenience: Audits/Certification/GFSI, FDA, FSMA, Guidelines, HACCP, Inspection, International Standards/Harmonization, USDA
- Understanding the “Other” Clauses of ISO 22000
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The bottom line is that the internal audit program like ISO 22000 is a systems approach to verifying that procedures are being followed as documented.
- FDA’s Changing Culture: What Every Food Company Needs to Know
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FDA is becoming much more inspection-oriented and enforcement-minded, even before FSMA is fully implemented.
- Global Regulatory Considerations for Green Packaging
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Minimizing packaging waste must be done in a way that maintains the safety and hygiene of the food to keep it safe.
- The Role of Accreditation Bodies in Supply Chain Risk Management
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Best practices dictate that a third party assess the competency of the testing lab and its compliance with the relevant standards.
- ISO 22000: And the Beat Goes On
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ISO 22000 is a nonprescriptive standard that provides both opportunities and challenges to organizations that desire to implement the requirements.
- Food Safety Management: Hazard- or Risk-Based?
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The main goal of food safety must be to target our food safety efforts toward the prevention of actual harm.
- Performing a Quality Audit on Your Supplier’s Pest Management Program
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To prevent your food processing facility from shortfalls in outsourced pest management, it is essential to perform quality audits of the services provided.
- The Listeria Control Game Plan: Where Are We Now?
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The food industry understands that Listeria is constantly moving around and being reintroduced into the environment.
- Food Safety Modernization Act: A View from Elsewhere
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This article offers a view of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) from countries exporting into the U.S. and what is required to move forward.
- FDA’s Food Program Priorities: A Look Back at 2004 Accomplishments
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A review of FDA’s notable accomplishments of 2004 is presented.
- FDA’s Responibilities Under the National Environmental Policy Act
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As discussed, FDA must meet its environmental responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act for all major and final agency actions.
- Bottled Water Regulation and the FDA
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Specific FDA regulations in the bottled water area cover Good Manufacturing Practices for bottled water production and a standard of identity and quality for bottled water.
- An FDA Update on Egg Safety
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Reduction of Salmonella Enteritidis in eggs has been a focus of the egg industry, consumer groups, research scientists and the federal government for the last decade.
- Organic Coffee Roasters: Ensuring Safe Coffee
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Organic integrity and prevention of contamination and commingling are the basis for many of the requirements in organic coffee production.
- Taking a Closer Look at Inspections
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Because inspections are broad in scope and use established standards, they have to be objective.
- Best Practices in Refrigerated Foods Processing
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Food retailers, foodservice operators and consumers who purchase refrigerated, ready-to-eat foods are more aware of—and more demanding about—food safety than ever before.
- How to Appeal FSIS Noncompliance Records
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A stepwise approach for appealing FSIS noncompliance judgments is provided.
- Antibiotic Resistance: An Emerging Food Safety Concern
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The emergence of antibiotic-resistant foodborne pathogens is inherently linked to how antibiotics have been used in food animal production.
- Inspections, Part 3: Compliance
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The third article in a series discussing the multiple components of food inspections.
- Understanding the Ancestry of the Food Safety Modernization Act
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The Food Safety Modernization Act builds on existing law, instead of creating or replacing old laws, expaning inspectors’ powers to evaluate hazards countless products.
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