OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » food safety modernization act http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Wed, 22 May 2013 08:52:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 FDA Found Guilty of Unlawfully Holding Up Food Safety Regulations http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-found-guilty-of-unlawfully-holding-up-food-safety-regulations/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-found-guilty-of-unlawfully-holding-up-food-safety-regulations/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:00:27 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11704 The FDA is guilty of breaking the law for failure to release regulations necessary to 2011's Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), found a California U.S. District Judge earlier this week.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-found-guilty-of-unlawfully-holding-up-food-safety-regulations/feed/ 0 New Food Safety Rules ‘Don’t Apply’ to 80 Percent of Produce Suppliers http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/food-safety-rules-dont-apply-produce-supplier/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/food-safety-rules-dont-apply-produce-supplier/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:01:16 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11495 Proposed new rules affecting produce handling in order to improve safety and decrease the risks of foodborne illness outbreaks will only be enforced in approximately 20 percent of producers, reports Food Safety News.]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/food-safety-rules-dont-apply-produce-supplier/feed/ 0 Food Safety Finally a Focus for the FDA http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/food-safety-finally-a-focus-for-the-fda/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/food-safety-finally-a-focus-for-the-fda/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:07:34 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11479 Kids eating ice cream

Food safety experts breathed a sigh of relief last week when the FDA announced the proposal of two highly anticipated additions to the Food Safety Modernization Act, which went into effect in early 2011.

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The organic farming community is grieving the loss of Russell Libby, who died on Sunday at the age of 56 from cancer. Mr. Libby was known as one of the nation's leading voices for organic farming.

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