Reimbursement program for certifying employees: To promote food safety certification for members, the International Dairy-Deli-Bakery Association (IDDBA) has developed the Food Safety Certification Reimbursement Program. This IDDBA program will reimburse IDDBA retail members for their cost for food safety certification exams. Eligible employees are supermarket dairy, deli, and bakery managers and associates at store-level who [...]

Citing "extraordinary commitment" from the White House to improve the food safety system, 400 experts met in Washington, DC Wednesday to discuss the best tools for measuring progress on food safety. The meeting was hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), [...]

Last year was a busy one for food safety legislation. The thought early in the year was that increased food safety regulations would move forward under a new administration that supported a revamped food safety system in the United States. via www.freshcut.com

WASHINGTON, March 25, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced that it is seeking comment on proposed measures to enhance food safety. The proposed rule would implement a provision of the 2008 Farm Bill and is a priority for the Food Safety Working Group (FSWG). via www.usda.gov

The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it launched an investigation in September 2009 after “numerous serious and wilful violations were issued at a similar processing facility in Maryland”. via www.foodqualitynews.com

The bill was introduced in the state last year in response to the salmonella outbreak linked to a peanut processor in South Georgia. More than 700 people became sick and nine died as a result of the outbreak that was traced to peanut products from the Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely. The nuts had [...]

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is running a series of tests on cattle, hog, chicken and turkey carcasses with the objective of resetting pathogen testing baselines. Among the specific baselines that need to be addressed are those for beef trim, other beef components, bench trim, ground beef and chicken parts, say USDA officials. These [...]

Among the food scares in recent years was a deadly E. coli outbreak tied to spinach. In most cases, it's unknown how or why people get ill from what they eat. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images / September 15, 2006) via www.latimes.com

"In America in 2010, it is unconscionable that we don't have an effective way to communicate food-borne illness outbreaks to consumers and health departments," said Gillibrand, D-N.Y. "We need to do a better job of making sure every New Yorker knows when food items are being recalled." via www.timesunion.com