Food Safety News - 11/02/2020

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Part four: Tips for working with remote auditors By Laura Mushrush on Nov 02, 2020 12:20 am In part four of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News reviews how companies and auditors should work together to achieve a more effective remote audit. In an industry that still relies on hard-copy records and face-to-face business, navigating COVID-19 has pushed more food companies into embracing new working systems. Included in this... Continue Reading Scientists get grant to study Toxoplasma By News Desk on Nov 02, 2020 12:19 am Researchers have been awarded a grant to help determine how disease caused by a parasite progresses in warm-blooded animals, and how it is transmitted in food. A team from the United Kingdom and Brazil were given funding of around £500,000 ($650,000) from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the Fundação de Amparo à... Continue Reading FDA posts alerts against imports of cheese, seafood, juice, etc. By News Desk on Nov 02, 2020 12:19 am Editor’s note: The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Use the links to view the full alert modifications. Import Alert... Continue Reading Two California food companies warned over violations By News Desk on Nov 02, 2020 12:18 am As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company... Continue Reading