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Relocation of U.S. Codex Office Makes Sense

February 16th, 2018
Contributor: Bruce A. Silverglade
Food companies and industry trade associations have overwhelmingly supported a decision by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to move the U.S. Codex Office from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to the Office of the Undersecretary… Read More
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Categories: Public Policy, USDA
Tags: Agriculture, Bruce A. Silverglade, Codex, Food, Food Safety, FSIS, Perdue, Trade, USDA

Should Your Establishment Appeal a FSIS Decision?

May 17th, 2017
Contributor: Brett T. Schwemer
By Brett Schwemer, as published in The National Provisioner To appeal or not to appeal; that is the question Establishments regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) frequently face the dilemma on whether to appeal agency decisions t… Read More
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Categories: For Export, USDA
Tags: Agriculture, Appeal, Brett T. Schwemer, Enforcement Action, Establishment, Food, Food Safety, Food Safety Inspection Service, FSIS, Inspection, Meat, NOIE, Noncompliance, Noncompliance Record, Poultry, Waiver

Egg Carton Labeling Petitions Fail to Hatch

March 7th, 2017
Contributor: Stewart D. Fried
Egg cartons in the United States are not required by federal regulations to bear labels which identify the living conditions of the hens. Two animal rights non-profit organizations and six individuals sought to change that by filing petitions with fo… Read More
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Categories: FDA, USDA
Tags: AMS, Cage-Free, Egg, Egg Carton, Egg Products Inspection Act, Food, Free-Range, FSIS, FTC, Hen, Label, Ninth Circuit, Rulemaking, Salmonella, Shell Egg, Stewart D. Fried

2016 – Gone But Not Forgotten

January 3rd, 2017
Contributor: Arthur Y. Tsien
Happy 2017, everyone! 2016 has come and gone. Looking at 2016 in my rear-view mirror, here are a few matters that caught my personal attention. As food and drug lawyers and corporate execs in regulated companies know (or definitely should know!), ind… Read More
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Categories: FDA, Health Care, Public Policy, USDA
Tags: 2016, 21st Century Cures Act, Agriculture, Animal Drug, Arthur Y. Tsien, Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard, Congress, Drug, Election Day, Feed, Feinstein Institute, Food, Food Drug and Cosmetic Act, FSIS, Genetically Engineered, Guidance, HIPAA, Law Firm, Lawyer, Mecadox, Medical Privacy, Misbranded Drug, Nutrition Facts, OFW Law, Park Doctrine, Rulemaking, Salmon, Sodium

Regulatory Round-Up Newsletter, Summer 2016

July 20th, 2016
Contributors: Jolyda O. Swaim, Brett T. Schwemer
On behalf of the Agriculture practice group at OFW Law, following is a copy of our Summer 2016 newsletter. We hope you find it useful. To receive this periodic newsletter by e-mail, please contact Carrie Morgan. Read More
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Categories: USDA
Tags: Allergen, Allergen Recall, Barbara J. Masters, Brett T. Schwemer, Dennis R. Johnson, Final Rule, FSIS, FSMA, Jolyda O. Swaim, Sanitary Transportation

Regulatory Round-Up Newsletter, Winter 2016

February 12th, 2016
Contributors: Brett T. Schwemer, Jolyda O. Swaim
On behalf of the Agriculture practice group at OFW Law, following is a copy of our Winter 2016 newsletter. We hope you find it useful. To receive this periodic newsletter by e-mail, please contact Carrie Morgan. Read More
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Categories: FDA, USDA
Tags: Agriculture, Barbara J. Masters, Beef, Brett T. Schwemer, COOL, Country of Origin, Dennis R. Johnson, Food, Food Safety, FSIS, FSMA, HACCP, Hazard Analysis, Jolyda O. Swaim, Labeling, Law Firm, Lawyer, OFW Law, Pork, Preventive Controls, Regulatory Round-Up

It's Not What You Call It - It's How You Manage It

February 8th, 2016
Contributors: Brett T. Schwemer, Jolyda O. Swaim
By OFW Law and HACCP Consulting Group Under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the decision that registered facilities would be required to implement food safety plans based on preventive controls ra… Read More
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Categories: FDA, USDA
Tags: Food, Food Facilities, Food Safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, FSIS, FSMA, HACCP, HACCP Consulting Group, Hazard Analysis, Preventive Controls

Doom and Gloom Suggest “Keeping Watch on Listeria”

January 21st, 2016
Contributor: Jolyda O. Swaim
Dr. Doom and Ms. Gloom have been addressing the fact that both FSIS and FDA are paying more attention to Listeria control in ready-to-eat facilities. In previous blogs, they have discussed facility maintenance and repair as well as employee practices… Read More
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Categories: FDA, USDA
Tags: Barbara J. Masters, Doom and Gloom, Food, Food Safety, FSIS, Jolyda O. Swaim, Listeria, Listeria Monocytogenes, Ready-To-Eat, Sampling

Flo and H’Jean (aka Doom and Gloom)

January 12th, 2016
Contributor: Jolyda O. Swaim
Last year, Dr. Doom and Ms. Gloom offered tips for facility maintenance and repair to assist facilities in being prepared for the selection of targeted sampling by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and/or Food and Drug Administra… Read More
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Categories: FDA, USDA
Tags: Barbara J. Masters, Contamination, Doom and Gloom, Employee Practices, Equipment, Flow, Food, Food Safety, Food Safety Training, FSIS, GMP, Jolyda O. Swaim, Listeria, Personnel, Ready-To-Eat, Traffic

Doom and Gloom: “Check the Room”

October 16th, 2015
Contributor: Jolyda O. Swaim
All ready-to-eat processors, whether regulated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will have the environment, food contact surfaces, and products sampled for Listeria monocytogenes. While many f… Read More
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Categories: FDA, USDA
Tags: Barbara J. Masters, Doom and Gloom, Equipment, Food, Food Safety, FSIS, Jolyda O. Swaim, Listeria, Sampling
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