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Why Brewers Worry About FSMA
By Lydia Zuraw
Spent grains have made a lot of headlines in the past couple of weeks. The byproduct of the brewing process that remains after the mashing and lautering stages is commonly…
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Tribes Still Troubled by FDA’s ‘Inadequate’ Consultation Policy
With less than 30 days notice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally set a date for face-to-face consultation with American Indian tribes and pueblos on its proposed rules…
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FSMA Questions Dominate Town Hall Session With Top Food Safety Regulators
By Lydia Zuraw
Michael Taylor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, told the audience at the Food Safety Summit’s Town Hall on Thursday to expect a…
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Industry Groups Say ‘Massive Overhaul’ of Animal Food Regs Still Needs Work
By Lydia Zuraw
The deadline passed Monday for comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the preventive controls for animal food rule issued under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and…
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CO Craft Breweries Enlist Vulnerable U.S. Senator in Pushback on Spent Grains
By Dan Flynn
Spent grains, a brewing byproduct long fed to livestock, might end up in landfills if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not lift its heavy hand when it…
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Shellfish Causing Confusion in FSMA Sanitary Transportation Rule
By Lydia Zuraw
The exemption of live animals from the proposed Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) sanitary transportation rule might need a caveat. During the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s public meeting on…
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FDA to Revise Animal Food Rule, Extends Other FSMA Comment Periods
By Lydia Zuraw
A number of changes to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) implementation timeline were announced Wednesday. First, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to publish revised language for the…
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Food Manufacturers Told to Prepare For FSMA Whistleblower Protection
By Lydia Zuraw
Employment and labor law firm Littler Mendelson is advising food manufacturers to be prepared for new whistleblower protections under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The San Francisco, CA-based firm…
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Rethinking Clean-In-Place Design
Which comes first: clean-in-place systems or plant design? All too often, it is the plant design that comes first, and then processors have to retrofit — at great cost —…
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FDA Holds First Public Meeting on FSMA Intentional Adulteration Rule
By Lydia Zuraw
The U. S. Food and Drug Administration held its first public meeting last week on its proposed rule on intentional adulteration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). “We see…