Category: Issue 370
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Overseas FDA Food Safety Offices Topic of New GAO Report
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has just released a report that discusses how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) new overseas food safety offices are functioning and offers recommendations for enhancing strategic planning and developing a workforce plan “to help recruit and retain overseas staff.” Titled “Overseas Offices Have Taken Steps to Help Ensure Import…
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EPA Science Advisors Issue Revised Report on Arsenic Assessment
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Science Advisory Board has scheduled a public teleconference on November 22, 2010, to conduct a quality review of a draft board report that analyzes EPA’s February 2010 toxicological review of inorganic arsenic. The board forwarded its review comments to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on October 25. Among other matters, the draft…
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FDA Report Focuses on Improved Retail Food Safety
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a 10-year tracking report that calls for increased focus on food safety practices in retail food establishments. A companion 2009 retail food report highlights the need for certified food protection managers to help achieve higher food-safety compliance levels. The 1998-2008 tracking report, which studied more than…