A decade after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, the FDA’s final rule on Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Foods (LAAF) for a laboratory accreditation program for the testing of food in certain circumstances is becoming a reality. Under the LAAF program, the Food and Drug Administration will recognize accreditation bodies (ABs)…
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) provides new opportunities for improving bacterial food safety but also brings with it some concerns, according to Belgian experts. An opinion by the Scientific Committee of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) made several recommendations about implementing the technology in Belgium. Different foodborne pathogens including Salmonella,…
Federal officials have opened an investigation into an outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 infections suspected to be linked to ground beef. Other than the fact there is an open investigation, no other published information is available from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The FSIS has not indicated what producers or what brands…
A seven-minute abs workout may seem too short to effectively smoke your core. But guess what? With the right exercises, you can absolutely strengthen your core muscles in that amount of time—and we have a prime example of a seven-minute abs routine that you can add onto any workout (or perform on its own)!First, though,…
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Jamie Chung just gave us a peek into her fertility and motherhood journey. On Thursday, the actor, 38, shared an Instagram post of herself with one of her newborn twin babies (whose face was covered with a digital sticker for privacy) and the caption “Every fertility journey is unique, it’s a tender topic. This would…
The biggest shopping weekend of the year is officially over, and you have just a few more hours to stock up on the best Nordstrom Cyber Monday deals of 2021. (Shhh, you didn’t hear this from us, but these might be even better than the Black Friday sales.) Nordstrom is one of our favorite retailers…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has expanded a recall to more than 2 million pounds, with an expanded list of fully cooked ham and pepperoni products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. A wide variety of products under many brands are implicated. Alexander & Hornung, of St. Clair…
The U.S. Senate will have to step it up a notch to confirm Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban as the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety before the year ends. President Biden nominated Esteban to serve in the post Nov.12. Esteban is currently Chief Scientist for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), a position he…
Food safety officials in New Zealand are probing a series of botched recalls involving sugar because of lead contamination linked to transportation. In early November, Chelsea Sugar recalled specific batches of Chelsea, Pams and Woolworths brand raw and brown sugar because of lead contamination. Chelsea Sugar detected the issue as part of routine testing of…
