Food Protection Report

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Food Protection Report provides food safety professionals:

• In-depth analysis as the FDA implements the Food Safety Modernization Act, including the implications for state and local authorities and the regulated industry.

• An easy way to keep up with key regulatory changes and new food protection initiatives at the federal, state and local levels.

A Scorecard from the CFP Meeting

Because of the way the Conference for Food Protection is structured, it is possible for a recommendation to emerge after a long debate in one of the three CFP Councils, only to founder on the final day during the vote in the assembly, when State representatives get to vote yes or no — or to extract issues that will simply die or will be sent back to the CFP Executive Board for further consideration. (Read more...)

CFP Considers Double Handwashing with Antiseptics

It was a lesson in persistence when Jim Mann, executive director of the Handwashing for Life Institute, Libertyville, Ill., prevailed at the Conference for Food Protection’s biennial meeting in Indianapolis, Ind., April 13-18. (Read more...)

FDA Begins Process of Charging for Reinspections

The Food and Drug Administration is now including a paragraph in its Warning Letters to say that it may collect fees to cover the costs of a reinspection. The agency is still working out exactly which costs will be included in the fees in addition to the hourly rates it announced last fall. (Read more...)

The Food Safety Modernization Act: A Comprehensive, Practical Guide to the Landmark Legislation

Food Protection Report Editor Declan Conroy, in his role as EAS Consulting Group Editor, co-authored a chapter in the Food and Drug Law Institute's recently published book titled The Food Safety Modernization Act: A Comprehensive, Practical Guide to the Landmark Legislation. EAS President Ed Steele, EAS Senior Consultant John Kvenberg (former Director of the Division of HACCP Programs at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) and Declan Conroy co-authored Chapter 2 on hazard analysis and preventive controls. The 300-page book offers an in-depth analysis of FSMA’s history, major provisions and implementation. It can be purchased from the FDLI website at www.fdli.org/publications.

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