Regulatory Compliance

Highlights

People on the Move

Golden State Foods Promotes FSQR Leader, Appoints New Liquid Products Operations Exec

April 30, 2024
Mariana Manole will lead global food safety, quality and regulatory efforts, while Steve Ross will join the company to oversee the liquid products operations in North America....
Regulatory Compliance

USDA to Test Ground Beef for Bird Flu in States with Infected Dairy Cattle

April 29, 2024
Agency will check if the virus is present in ground beef, as inactive fragments of HPAI have been found in milk originating from infected dairy cows.
Regulatory Compliance

Chicken Council Highly Critical of FSIS’ New Salmonella Rule, ‘Victory Lap’

April 29, 2024
The National Chicken Council says final rule is too restrictive, doesn’t guarantee an improvement in public health, and endangers the future of the product, companies and jobs...
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Worker Safety

OSHA Penalizes Hanover Foods for Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, Plant Safety Violations

April 25, 2024
More than 70 violations were observed, and the administration has assessed more than $761,000 in penalties to the vegetable and snacks processor.
Regulatory Compliance

School Nutrition Standards Cut Added Sugars, Some Sodium; Chocolate Milk Survives

April 24, 2024
USDA has announced final updates to the school nutrition standards; tremendous amount of feedback on February 2023 proposal helps to save flavored milk from the chopping block...
Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Avian Influenza Case Wipes Out Nearly 2 Million Birds at Cal-Maine Texas Facility

April 3, 2024
Production has been halted and more than 1.9 million birds culled at Parmer County egg facility after HPAI was found to have infiltrated the flock.
Environmental

Campbell’s Napoleon, Ohio, Plant Facing Wastewater Discharge Lawsuits

March 21, 2024
U.S. Dept. of Justice as well as two environmental groups have filed suits alleging the plant wastewater exceeds allowable pollutant levels into the Maumee River and eventually...
Calgary Reviews
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Color

California Goes After Seven More Food Additives in Latest Proposal

March 14, 2024
Assembly bill would ban seven food dyes — again including titanium dioxide — from use in foods offered in California’s public schools.
Environmental

Missouri Politicians Seek Ways to Keep Missouri Prime Beef Open

March 8, 2024
Closure of the facility would cost the region more than 300 jobs, but lawmakers understand that protecting the local waterways is just as crucial.
Environmental

Eight Senators Urge EPA to Share Small Meat Processor Input on Wastewater Regulation Revisions

Nov. 20, 2023
With the December 2023 target looming for proposed revisions to the Meat and Poultry Products (MPP) Effluent Guidelines and Standards, the small processor community is voicing...
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Legal Issues

Fresh Mark to Pay $3.725 Million to Settle Overtime Compensation Lawsuit

Nov. 3, 2023
Settlement will resolve lawsuit in which the Ohio meat processor was accused of not paying employees for pre- and post-shift donning and doffing time.
Chi Chi's
Regulatory Compliance

Remembering the Chi-Chi’s Hepatitis A Outbreak of 2003

Nov. 2, 2023
One of the seminal events in food safety response and regulation, 650 people contracted the illness and four died.
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Regulatory Compliance

FDA: Brominated Vegetable Oil No Longer Considered Safe for Use in Foods

Nov. 2, 2023
Agency proposes to revoke authorization for use of brominated vegetable oil, following its own analysis of research and the ban of products using the embattled ingredient in California...