There have been recent examples of recalls for pathogens in raw products, even if the pathogen is not generally an adulterant in such products. These recalls have involved raw ground products bearing Salmonella and E. coli O26.

Beginning this spring, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will implement its new Public Health Information System (PHIS). This new system will replace the current Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS) at all establishments, as well as serve as the new procedure for imports and exports.

A quick review of the FSIS current recall list shows that there is a significant number of recalls relating to undeclared allergens. In some cases, the wrong packaging was used; in others, suppliers had changed ingredients, but the change was never communicated to the processor so that its production/labeling staff could update the product labels or refuse to accept the “new” ingredient.

This is the time of year for New Year’s resolutions. We in the food industry have been given our New Year’s resolutions for the next decade with the release of

A petition was filed with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) in October 2009 requesting FSIS issue an interpretive rule declaring all enterohemorrhagic (EHEC) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC),

Shortly, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will issue a proposal to require that establishments “control” product pending the results of agency adulterant testing.This proposal is in response to

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will begin implementing its Public Health Information System (PHIS) by the end of this year.PHIS is designed to be a unified, real-time data

It is a challenge to select the regulatory issue for this column. There are so many issues that will impact inspected establishments over the next year. These include: the pressure