Food Safety Tech Newsletter Vol 6 No 03

SGS - Food Safety Certification, Testing & Training Services

Volume 6 Issue No. 03

Compliance Food Labs Food Manufacturing Foodservice & Retail FSMA GFSI Sustainability

Featured Articles

FDA FDA Revises Draft Guidance for Listeria Control in RTE Foods

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The draft reflects the agency’s CGMP requirements, and the new requirements for hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls.

Who Outsources Pathogen Testing? Infographic:
Who Outsources
Pathogen Testing?

Maria Fontanazza, Editor-in-Chief

A recent survey looks at how food processors work with contract food laboratories.

FOODFlix

Ask the FDA Ask the FDA:
Recognizing Third Party Accreditation Bodies

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Stephen Ostroff, M.D. discusses agency progress thus far.

Featured Quote

The value of GFSI certification depends on how the company uses its organizational resources to maximize return on investment, while meeting the changing FDA requirements.

— Bill Bremer, Kestrel Management

FSMA, One Year Later FSMA, One Year Later:
Top 5 Things We’ve Learned

By Erika Miller,
D. L. Newslow & Associates, Inc.

A look back at some areas in which the groundbreaking regulation has impacted the industry.

Persistent Strain of Salmonella Triggering Dozens of Recalls Persistent Strain of Salmonella Triggering Dozens of Recalls

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The pathogen found in powdered milk produced by Valley Milk Products dates back several years.

Food Genomics

Douglas Marshall, Eurofins Greg Siragusa, Eurofins Microbiomes Move Standard Plate Count One Step Forward

By Gregory Siragusa and
Douglas Marshall, Ph.D., Eurofins

These microorganisms open the door to the vast and varied biosphere of the microbiology of food.

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