The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) is proposing to modernize food safety inspection systems at egg products plants.
Colorado-based Good Food Concepts is recalling approximately 12,566 pounds of beef, pork and poultry products that were produced without a fully implemented Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plan.
US software firm CAT Squared has partnered Janam Technologies to launch food safety data analysis software that can be used with a handheld mobile device for added convenience.
The US is tightening hygiene controls on ground and mechanically-separated poultry in the wake of several salmonella outbreaks linked to these products.
Producers of not-ready-to-eat (NRTE) ground chicken and turkey must reassess their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) due to recent salmonella outbreaks, said the USDA.
The consolidation of food safety systems into a form of
"one-size-fits-all" regulation may undermine hygienic
manufacturing, warns consumer rights group Food and Water Watch.
A roundtable discussion on allergen legislation to be held next
month in Italy could spell the end of "may contain"
warnings on food labels, according to one of its organisers.