Articles By Laurel Maloy

31. Food-Safety Regulations: What's In The Works For 2015? 1/6/2015

    Each fall and spring the USDA publishes its Current Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, detailing ongoing and upcoming regulatory actions.

32. How To Create A Thriving Food-Safety Culture 1/5/2015

    Time and time again, negative press will pounce on the facility that falls short on food safety; one hotel gets noticed for doing things right.

33. Top 10 Food-Safety Inspection Issues (Part Two Of Two) 1/5/2015

    Part One of this series explored the top five inspection failures food makers fall victim to during inspections. These next five food-safety inspection issues, though not formally regulated, most often result in FDA warning letters or non-compliance disciplinary action and/or facility closure.

34. Top 10 Food-Safety Inspection Issues (Part One Of Two) 12/30/2014

    The top 5 inspection failures are also the ones that are important to implementing and maintaining a safe food supply

35. Addressing A Lack Of Inter-Agency, Food-Safety Collaboration 12/23/2014

    The Government Accountability Office is mandating Congress to lead the efforts to develop a government-wide, food-safety performance plan

36. Listeria-Infected Caramel Apples Attributed To Several Deaths 12/22/2014

    Listeriosis illnesses could still be incubating in people who consumed commercially-prepared, pre-packaged caramel apples.

37. Presidential Task Force Seeks Public Commentary On Seafood Safety 12/18/2014

    Relatively speaking, the IUU and Seafood Fraud task force have gone from formation to recommendation in a very un-governmental amount of time. Public comments are being sought on how best to implement the recently-drafted recommendations

38. 4 Simple Ways To Boost Your Company's Food Safety 12/17/2014

    Assessing, adopting, and/or improving these four components of your business will decrease the opportunity for food contamination while increasing the prospects for strengthening your brand.

39. FDA Inspections: Where Being Caught In The Act Can Be Good 12/12/2014

    The doom and gloom voice of the FDA is being tempered with the positive, as FSMA nears its much anticipated finalization and its head honchos can relax enough to look for the good

40. 10 Factors The FDA Will Use To Assess Your Facility 12/10/2014

    As FSMA is implemented, the FDA’s inspection schedule will be determined by facility assessment and its high- or non-high risk designation