Articles By Laurel Maloy

51. FSIS Approves Chinese Chicken For Export To U.S. 11/10/2014

    Not everyone is crowing about this development — the end of August saw four chicken-processing plants in China receive approval from FSIS to export cooked chicken products to the U.S.

52. PMMI Tells The Good And The Bad Of The Secondary-Packaging Market 11/7/2014

    According to PMMI’s 2014 Executive Summary regarding the secondary packaging market, the number of companies making drastic changes to secondary packaging is declining. However, demand for improvement is still changing the face of the secondary-packaging market

53. Food Safety Consortium Provides Unlimited Training Opportunities 11/7/2014

    The multi-conference venue is a one-stop location for just about anything and everything having to do with food safety.

54. Taylor Addresses International Food Safety And Quality Conference 11/5/2014

    Shanghai, China is 13 hours ahead of Washington D.C. and even further apart in terms of cultural identity and mutual trust. Building a cooperative culture of food safety is a monumental challenge.

55. 5 Ways To Prevent Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Typhi 11/4/2014

    Prevention is often facilitated with the most basic sanitation procedures and applied safety measures.

56. FSIS Sets Lofty Food-Defense Goals For Next Year 10/30/2014

    Though not a regulatory requirement, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service urges all food-making businesses — regardless of size — to adopt a food-defense plan.

57. Is Your Facility On ALERT For Intentional Food Contamination? 10/29/2014

    All states have laws regarding the accidental or unintentional adulteration or contamination of food products. However, active prevention of intentional adulteration does not seem to be a priority

58. 7 Must-Haves In Your Sanitation SOP 10/28/2014

    Every facility, though not necessarily required to comply with FSMA must, regardless, have in place a Sanitation Standard Operating Procedure. This should be a well-rounded and adequately-documented procedure including the means with which to monitor and measure its successes and failures. Nothing less will be acceptable with the authority granted to the FDA and the Food Safety Inspection Service.

59. COOL Is Not Cool With WTO 10/24/2014

    The World Trade Organization’s compliance panel has put a crimp in Country-of-Origin Labeling, setting up a no-win for our nation’s trade policies and the American consumer.

60. Poultry Modernization Grants Unexpected Freedom 10/23/2014

    Effective since October 20, 2014, NPIS has a retired veterinarian with the USDA’s FSIS upbeat and expecting good things