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• Food Safety Magazine asks: Can the outbreak investigation system be improved?
• The Standard American Diet hasn't changed much in the past 20 years.
• The U.S. FDA revokes regulation allowing Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) in food.
• Many companies are producing food themselves rather than contracting it out - here's why.
• Startup creates food brand for cancer treatment.

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FATTOM: A Key to Microbial Control and Food Safety

How this simple acronym helps FSQA personnel control microbial growth in food. ?

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GFSI Establishes New Benchmarking & Harmonization Working Group

According to their website, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has established a new Benchmarking and Harmonization Working Group.?

This group will develop and maintain GFSI benchmarking requirements, integrating updates from international standards including ISO 22003 and relevant Codex Codes of Practice.

GFSI will engage with a broad array of stakeholders, including Certification Program Owners, Certification Bodies, Accreditation Bodies, and Regulatory Agencies, and will open consultations for stakeholder comments starting as early as July 2024.

Their goal is to have a new set of benchmarking requirements by the end of 2024.

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What Is The Gut Microbiome?

One research organization says that food companies must "master the role of the microbiome" to thrive in the next 30 years. Our scientists explain this fascinating component of the human body.

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IAFP Symposium: Preventing Post-Process Recontamination

Are you attending IAFP next week?

If so, Rochelle Grabarek and Kathy Knutson of EAS Consulting Group are convening a symposium entitled “Achilles Heel in the Food Safety Programs of Food Manufacturing Plants – Evaluating Recontamination Risks.”

Explore the critical issue of post-process recontamination in food manufacturing. Topics include how infrastructure, operational considerations, and data use can enhance food safety and prevent contamination.

Attendees will gain insights into proactive strategies to improve food safety programs.

Tuesday, July 16 @ IAFP

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

103BC (Long Beach Convention Center)

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View our Food Safety Training Schedule?

Our Best Practices Series continues through July! (only $50 per 2-hr. Zoom session)

Root Cause Analysis – July 17?

Regulatory Responses – July 24

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Microbiology and Food Safety 101 Course

July 16, Allentown, Pa.

Aug. 6, Aurora, Ill.

Aug. 20, Green Bay, Wis.?

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Microbiology and Food Safety 202 Course

July 17, Allentown, Pa.

Aug. 7, Aurora, Ill.?

Aug. 21, Green Bay, Wis.

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Sanitation Short Course

Aug. 6-7 (6-hour course), Virtual

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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food

Aug. 13-14, Virtual

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HACCP Training Course?

Aug. 13-14, Greely, Colo.

Aug. 22-23, Green Bay, Wis.

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IAFP

July 14-17, Long Beach, Calif.

IFT Chicago

July 14-17, Chicago