Planning to enjoy a picnic, barbecue, or meal under the summer sun on this holiday weekend? In addition to food safety, remember to practice social distancing — stay 6 feet apart from others you don’t
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FDA food safety leader says all OK despite fewer inspections amid pandemic
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been assuring the American public that there is no nationwide shortage of food, that local outages of certain products are the result of unprecedented demand during the…
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FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety
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After a series of large-scale food safety problems almost a decade ago, Congress passed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, to shift our food safety system from…
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Progress report: FDA moving forward with FSMA’s produce safety rule
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Editor’s note: Three top Food and Drug Administration officials joined to write this FDA Voices blog, which was originally posted by the agency on Feb. 7, 2019.
When the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act …
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Alcohol content doesn’t matter; raw eggs can spike your nog with Salmonella
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Editor’s note: This consumer advice column, by FDA staff working with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, was originally published on www.foodsafety.gov. Please remember, some premixed eggnog products sold in retailers’ …
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Non-toxic does not equal edible; be careful when decorating holiday treats
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Your soon-to-be 6-year-old wants you to bake elaborately decorated holiday cookies and cakes in the shapes of of the season. You’ve found a cake-decoration video online, but it uses ingredients that make you wonder…
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FDA Frontlines: Meet Scott Loughan, compliance officer of the year
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My name is Scott Loughan and I am a Compliance Officer in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. I work in Vermont and I am a senior case officer in my…
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FDA enforcement delay provides time to educate produce growers on safety
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Editor’s note: The FDA’s Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine Stephen Ostroff combined efforts for this column.
We know how important it is to get produce safety right. Taking…
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FDA releases video testimonials to enhance retail food safety education
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Editor’s note: This is part of series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month.
In an effort to enhance retail food safety, the U.S.…
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Point: FDA says no immediate risk, no immediate answers
Editor’s note: FDA’s Scott Gottlieb and Stephen Ostroff posted this joint blog under the title “FDA Update on Traceback Related to the E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Linked to Romaine Lettuce” from their vantage points as …
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CORE’s Stic Harris discusses food safety threats, FDA plans
Stic Harris, DVM, MPH, has been the director of FDA’s Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network (CORE) since August 2017. He is responsible for the agency’s surveillance, response, and post-response…
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