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Newsletter Volume 14, Issue 17
Hi FSQA Professional,Thank you for spending part of your day with Food Safety Tech. You can see the most current news and more FSQA articles by visiting FST's Home Page. If you missed it, click here to read last week's FST newsletter. Until next week, Cheers! Rick Biros, Content Director, Publisher and Founder.
Public Health
FDA announced that Publix Super Markets initiated a voluntary recall of its GreenWise baby food made by private label manufacturer Bowman Andros due to possible elevated levels of lead contamination. Read Complete Article Published May 30
Recalls
The problem was discovered after the establishment notified FSIS that they had received three consumer complaints reporting pieces of wood in the beef stew product. Read Complete Article Published May 29
Risk Management
By Josh Smart, Practice Leader and Chief Sales Officer, HUB International
Rising labor challenges, escalating costs and heightened business risks are key hurdles throughout 2025, yet food companies can sustain profitability by adopting stronger risk management strategies, refining insurance coverages and prioritizing employee well-being. Read Complete Article Published May 22
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This intensive 3-day workshop is specifically designed to help you:
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Food Labs
By: Janet Smith, Laboratory Manager, Fieldale Farms Corporation and Kim Waters, Content Experience Manager, Confience
As Fieldale Farms’ operations scaled, so did the complexity in their laboratory processes — until they implemented a LIMS. Read Complete Article Published May 22
Beltway Beat
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the Study And Framework for Efficiency in Food Oversight and Organizational Design (SAFE FOOD) Act, legislation that would direct the Department of Agriculture to conduct a study on the consolidation of federal agencies that have a primary role in ensuring food safety into a single agency. Read Complete Article Published May 29
Quoted
“Current food safety oversight is spread across multiple federal, state, and local agencies which decreases efficacy, creates gaps, and slows response times to potential public health risks. My bill is a commonsense step to expanding government efficiency and enhancing public health protection by unifying our food safety agencies” said Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas)
Food Safety Attorney
By Jennifer Allen, Partner, Zwillinger Wulkan
Like most people, you probably know that the FDA regulates food. But did you know that it also regulates food packaging? That’s because chemicals in packaging could migrate into our food under certain conditions. Read Complete Article Published June 2
Risk mitigation is in the best interest of ALL parties involved, and that includes the insurance underwriters and brokers who service the food industry with recall and other liability policies. Increasingly, insurers are finding ways to provide financial support to food companies. The drivers and benefits for doing so are the subject of this webinar.
This event will provide attendees a view into how digitized food safety testing programs offer much-needed data fuel to risk assessments.
Watch The Recording Published April 17
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