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November 1, 2019

Announcement: NEW TEXTBOOK — Food Fraud Prevention, A Textbook to Support Introduction, Implementation and Management

Announcing the first textbook on Food Fraud Prevention, based on ten years of research, outreach, and teaching effort. Ten years after the 2009 journal article “Introduction to the Public Health

October 25, 2019

FDA Public Meeting in Support of a “New Era of Smarter Food Safety”

Monday, October 21, comments were collected at the FDA public meeting in support of a “New Era of Smarter Food Safety.” AFDO Vice President Mark Sestak from Alabama Department of Health, Secretary/Treasurer

October 21, 2019

FDA “New Era of Smarter Food Safety” – Comments from Steve Mandernach, AFDO Executive Director

Comments delivered bySteven MandernachAFDO Executive DirectorFDA “New Era of Smarter Food Safety”10/21/19 Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this meeting on behalf of the Association of Food and

October 21, 2019

FDA “New Era of Smarter Food Safety” – Mark Sestak, AFDO Vice-President, Comments

My name is Mark Sestak, and I’m the Vice President of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) and a Public Health Official from the State of Alabama.  On

October 11, 2019

Horizontal Approaches to Food Standards of Identity Modernization Discussed at FDA Public Meeting

FDA held a public meeting Friday 9/27/19 in Rockville, MD to give interested persons an opportunity to discuss FDA’s effort to modernize food standards of identity (SOI) and provide information

October 4, 2019

Recent Warning Letters – regarding adulterated and misbranded cosmetics

We became aware that on October 1, 2019 the FDA sent out warning letter to Intenze Product Inc. and Color Art, Inc. DBA Solid Ink regarding adulterated and misbranded cosmetics

September 20, 2019

New Report Details a 2017 E. coli Outbreak Linked to Soy Nut Butter

A new report published in Pediatrics describes a 2017 outbreak investigation of E. coli O157:H7 infections that sickened 32 people, primarily young children, in 12 states. Investigators identified soy nut butter as

September 20, 2019

New Report on Foodborne Disease Outbreaks

In 2017, 841 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported to CDC, according to a recently released annual summary from the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System. The data come from reports submitted by

September 19, 2019

FDA launches Food Defense Plan Builder Version 2.0

FDA LAUNCHES FOOD DEFENSE PLAN BUILDER VERSION 2.0September 19, 2019The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched an updated version of the Food Defense Plan Builder (FDPB) to help companies meet the

September 19, 2019

FDA Stakeholder Conference Call to Discuss the Draft Retail Flexible Funding Model (RFFM), September 24, 2019, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT

Dear Colleagues, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) will host a Stakeholder Conference Call on September 24, 2019, 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT, to
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