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Food safety concerns grow with restaurant-style foods in the supermarket

In-store dining and take-out of prepared foods from grocers has grown nearly 30% since 2008, and accounted for 2.4 billion foodservice visits and $10 billion of consumer spending in 2015.
September 16, 2016
Although the majority of U.S. consumers feel that foods in supermarkets are safe, the percentage who feels this way has decreased over the last 10 years.
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Peter Mehring

Food waste in the marketplace

Peter Mehring
September 13, 2016
Food waste is so problematic that it initiated a statement from agriculture secretary Tom Vilasick and EPA deputy administrator Stan Meiburg in 2015 to announce the nation’s first-ever national food loss and waste goal, calling for a 50% reduction by 2030 as an initiative for governments, charitable/faith-based organizations and the private sector.
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Food facilities have until Dec. 31 to renew FDA registrations

Food facilities have been required to register with FDA since 2003.
September 13, 2016
Under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), food facilities that manufacture, process, pack or store food for distribution in the United States are required to renew their FDA registrations between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31.
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Study on milk truck microbes aims to improve dairy food safety

Microbes with the potential to cause disease are destroyed during milk pasteurization, but not all bacteria and its associated enzymes are eliminated by that process.
August 25, 2016
Fresh, or raw, milk transported from farms to dairy processing facilities in tanker trucks contains a diverse mix of microbes, which varies from season to season, according to researchers from the University of California, Davis, Davis, Calif.
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Global survey shows food industry’s strong commitment to food safety, employee training

Many food processors struggle to translate the company's commitment to actual employee behavior on the plant floor.
July 27, 2016
Alchemy Systems in partnership with the Campden BRI, UK; SQF Institute, Arlington, Va.; British Retail Consortium, UK; SGS, Switzerland; and TSI, Inc., Shoreview, Minn., released the results of a global survey of food companies’ food safety training practices and challenges.
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Sample6 collaborates with FDA to test in-shift Listeria pathogen detection system

Sample6 DETECT/L is said to be the first in-plant, in-shift pathogen detection for Listeria spp in ice cream, fresh produce and packaged meats.
July 25, 2016
Sample6, Cambridge, Mass., initiated a multi-center collaborative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Nutrition (CFSAN), Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and Winchester Engineering Analytical Center (WEAC) to test Sample6’s bacteriophage-powered, state-of-the-art, in-shift Listeria pathogen testing detection system.
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