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FDA Issues Improvement Plan Focused on Modernizing Foodborne Illness Outbreak Responses
This plan is designed to help the FDA and their partners enhance the speed, effectiveness, coordination and communication of foodborne outbreak investigations. They are confident that the actions outlined in this plan will in turn translate into activities focused on enhancing the prevention of outbreaks.
FDA Proposes Changes to Food Safety Modernization Act Rule to Enhance Safety of Agricultural Water Used on Produce
On December 2, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule that aims to enhance the safety of produce. It proposes to require farms to conduct comprehensive assessments that would help them identify and mitigate hazards in water used to grow produce. This is the latest step in the agency’s implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and it proposes to replace some of the existing requirements for agricultural water in the Produce Safety Rule (PSR).
Inside the newsletter, you can read information about upcoming meetings for those who work with niche audiences; an answer from Kristin Esch about cardboard box re-use; and two new success stories.
At a recent inspectors' meeting, the issue of reusing cardboard boxes was discussed. FDA Produce Safety Expert Kristin Esch wrote this response.
In this newsletter, you'll find information about the October professional development meeting; translation updates; and new resources.
Angela Shaw re-capped the 2018-2021 grant accomplishments.
New translations of the PSR and PSA manual are now available.
The results of the Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training knowledge assessments were released today.
Are you responsible for completing the final federal financial report for your state CAP grant?
Inside this newsletter, you’ll read Joe Hannan’s good-bye note; information about the upcoming meeting with FDA staff (submit your topics of conversation by July 15); and our latest success story about a grower in Missouri.
We had a quick listening session in June. If you have ideas for utilizing funds from a possible no-cost extension, please enter them in the Qualtrics survey.
Minnesota is hosting a remote Spanish-language PSA training on June 19 & 26.
More FSOP awardees will be presenting at the June Roundtable.
For four years, the NCR FSMA has worked with PSA trainers to conduct a follow-up survey with grower training participants approximately one year after taking the course.
This month’s newsletter includes two invitations to submit manuscripts, a reminder that mini grants are still available, and a virtual summer internship opportunity for a student.
Byron Chaves, Cindy Borgwordt, and Janssen Hang shared about their FSOP awards at our last meeting.
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