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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

Acrylamide: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire (of Analytical Chaos)
Acrylamide: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire (of Analytical Chaos)

Food testing shows the presence of acrylamide in various concentrations in most prepared foods, mainly those containing proteins, carbohydrates and fat, which are exposed to heat.

The 2005 Food Code: A Regulator’s Reading and Perspective
The 2005 Food Code: A Regulator’s Reading and Perspective

The 2005 FDA Food Code was known to be a model of food safety for retail operations.

CFSAN’s Risk Management Framework: Best Practices for Resolving Complex Food Safety Risks
CFSAN’s Risk Management Framework: Best Practices for Resolving Complex Food Safety Risks

The decisions of risk managers are judgments reached by weighing facts and factoring in historical precedents.


Cleanliness is Next to Godliness and Essential to Assure Safe Food
Cleanliness is Next to Godliness and Essential to Assure Safe Food

Food processors interested in successfully implementing an HACCP plan need to develop and implement a series of prerequisite programs prior to establishing HACCP.

Awesome Audit Attitudes: Jumping Through Hoops Without Grinding Gears
Awesome Audit Attitudes: Jumping Through Hoops Without Grinding Gears

Audits ensure that your plant’s food safety and quality assurance processes are working properly.

Meat Microbiology Trends: The Future is Now
Meat Microbiology Trends: The Future is Now

An interview with Dr. William Brown, ABC Research Corp., looks at the latest innovations in food microbiology trends.

Inspections, Part 3: Compliance
Inspections, Part 3: Compliance

The third article in a series discussing the multiple components of food inspections.


An FDA Update on Egg Safety
An FDA Update on Egg Safety

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.

Mission’s Statement: Food Safety is Everyone’s Job
Mission’s Statement: Food Safety is Everyone’s Job

Mission Foods embraces food safety from the top down in a company-wide culture.

Using Sanitary Design to Avoid HACCP Hazards and Allergen Contamination
Using Sanitary Design to Avoid HACCP Hazards and Allergen Contamination

Shouldn’t allergens be considered the fourth hazard in a HACCP program, rather than simply a chemical hazard as they are currently defined?

Using PEF to Assure Safety of Fresh Juices
Using PEF to Assure Safety of Fresh Juices

Despite a small marketshare of about 2% in the beverage category, unpasteurized fruit juices and juice products are associated with a major fraction of reported foodborne outbreaks in the U.S.

Trends in Cutting-Edge Beverage Safety & QA Systems, Technologies and Management
Trends in Cutting-Edge Beverage Safety & QA Systems, Technologies and Management

Besides risk identification and management through HAACP, beverage safety is dependent on fundamental protection in both the formulation and processing stages.

FDA’s Obesity Initiative: A Look at Applied Nutrition and Labeling
FDA’s Obesity Initiative: A Look at Applied Nutrition and Labeling

A discussion of FDA’s obesity initiative, focusing on nutritional content and labeling is presented.

Uncover Hidden Costs with System Based HACCP Monitoring
Uncover Hidden Costs with System Based HACCP Monitoring

A single instrument that measures, records and analyzes results from multiple HACCP controls can save costs for food processors.

How FDA’s “Threshold of Regulation” Program Works
How FDA’s “Threshold of Regulation” Program Works

The Threshold of Regulation program exempts substances that contact food from being listed as food additives if they migrate into foods at levels that result in no appreciable harm.

Concerns Related to International Risk Analysis
Concerns Related to International Risk Analysis

A key discipline for further reducing foodborne illness and strengthening food safety systems is risk analysis.

Prerequisite Programs Help Ensure Safety and Meet Auditor Scrutiny
Prerequisite Programs Help Ensure Safety and Meet Auditor Scrutiny

Prerequisite programs are absolutely essential for ensuring food safety, as they form the base of a food safety program.

The Food Safety Challenge of the Global Food Supply Chain
The Food Safety Challenge of the Global Food Supply Chain

It is no secret that there has been significant media exposure, public health impact and decrease in consumer confidence in recent years due to some significant food safety incidents.

Lights, Camera, HACCP!
Lights,  Camera,  HACCP!

As a tool for identifying and correcting hazards in food manufacturing and handling operations, HACCP is universally recognized as essential in food safety.

Enhancing the Safety of Dairy and Other Animal Based Foods
Enhancing the Safety of Dairy and Other Animal Based Foods

This article discusses some of the many priority issues the Division of Dairy and Egg Safety is currently working on to better protect American consumers.

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