The MDL court overseeing the coordinated federal litigation stemming from a 2007 peanut butter recall recently granted summary judgment to the defenda
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IOM Issues Food Safety Report Calling for Reform of FDA
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A report issued last week by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Research Council (at the request of Congress) concludes that the FDA is …
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FDA Food Inspection Audits At Issue
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Published reports cite data suggesting that the FDA is having difficulty meeting its audit goals for food-safety inspections done contractually by sta…
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CDC Report Indicates Lack of Recent Progress on Food Safety
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A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that after “important declines” seen in previous years, the …
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Report Reveals Issues With Traceability Of Food Products
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Identifying the suppliers and distributors of food products remains a serious issue according to a report released last week by the Inspector General …
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New Food Safety Bill Introduced in Congress
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Two years ago, there was a nationwide outbreak of E. coli linked to consumption of contaminated spinach from a California supplier. That was the 25th …
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FDA Reports on Salmonella Outbreak
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The FDA has reported on its investigation into the source of the recent Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. At this time, the FDA and the Centers for Dis…
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Class Certification Denied In Peanut Butter MDL Litigation
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A federal court last week refused to certify two different classes of plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation that accuses ConAgra Foods Inc. of sellin…
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FDA Still Puzzled By Salmonella Outbreak
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Federal officials announced last week that all tomatoes currently on the U.S. market are safe to eat. But they admit they still don’t know what’s caus…
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Update on Salmonella
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Quick follow-up to our recent post on salmonella in which we noted a current focus on peppers rather than tomatoes: Federal officials announced yester…
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