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Answers to your top 10 FSMA questions of 2013 – Leavitt Partners blog
From environmental monitoring to supplier verification, Leavitt Partners presents the answers to some of the biggest FSMA questions.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is once again taking comments on a rule governing which cow parts can be used in human food and cosmetics, following recent research on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow).
The rule, called “use of materials derived from cattle in human food and cosmetics”, aims to protect [...]
The United States soon could be moved to a “negligible” status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow) – a lower status than the current level of “controlled”.
The move comes after the U.S. submitted an application to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last year seeking the change from “controlled” to “negligible,” [...]
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Two year anniversary of FSMA marked with release of two key rules – Neogen Blog
The big news came Friday, when the U.S. government announced two major rules stemming from the [...]
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FSIS asks researchers to focus on key food safety issues – Food Safety News
The agency has updated its list of study priorities, including Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.
USDA and USAID [...]
Japan is slated to reduce import restrictions on U.S. beef next year, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
Once Japan’s health ministry receives approval from Japan’s Food Safety Commission, the ministry will increase the age limit on U.S. beef from 20 months to 30 months and younger, according to the article.
The limits originally were imposed to [...]
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Neogen launches ANSRTM for Listeria – Neogen
ANSR for Listeria is the newest test for our revolutionary molecular pathogen platform. The new test can definitively detect Listeria spp. after only [...]
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USDA to trace beef contaminated with E. coli back to source
The USDA is stepping up the timeline for tracing products related to E. coli outbreaks.
To read the [...]
Federal investigators have quarantined two farms associated with a dairy cow that presented the U.S.’ fourth confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) last week.
The central California farm where the nearly 11 year old dairy cow lived has been quarantined since the confirmation of BSE on April 24. Another farm [...]
A dairy cow that tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as mad cow disease) earlier this week was euthanized after it developed lameness, according to the USDA.
In a statement released yesterday, the agency gave further details about the cow and the circumstances surrounding the positive BSE test.
Here are the latest [...]
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