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... for the first time in its 100 year history, the international association for food protection (iafp) is bringing its international forum to australia ... the securing global food safety conferencence is to be held on 26 – 28 september 2011 in melbourne ... the event also incorporates the 14th australian food microbiology conference, and is presented by the iafp, the australian institute of food science and technology inc (aifst) and the international commission on microbiological specifications for food (icmsf) ... the conference provides food safety professionals with a forum of international and local expertise in which to exchange information and learn more about protecting food supplies ... conference topics will look at the management of food safety systems in manufacturing, international trade, the supply chain, primary production as well as foodborne disease epidemiology, foodborne hazards updates and the role of the laboratory in food safety ... there will be ample opportunity to exchange information on the current state of play for microbiological and other food hazards, enhancing the effectiveness of systems used by industry and government to manage food safety and challenges faced by individuals and organisations in securing a safe global food supply ... australia’s food regulation system will be explored, with the three tiers of government represented by steve mccutcheon (food standards australia new zealand), dr john carnie (chief health officer, department f health, victoria) and mark saunders from the local government sector ... au, and click on the securing global food safety conference link

... fearon and their company, juices incorporated (also known as juices international and juices enterprises), are charged with violating the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act by failing to have a hazard analysis and critical control point (haccp) plan for certain juice products, such as the company's carrot and beet juice products ... the fda requires all juice processors to have and implement haccp plans that identify and control food hazards associated with their juices ... among the violations observed by fda investigators were failures to: adequately heat and refrigerate low-acid vegetable juices to destroy or prevent growth of dangerous microorganismsproperly clean food-contact surfacesmaintain plumbing in a manner that avoids a source of possible food and water contamination ... failure to identify and control food hazards could lead to the formation of clostridium botulinum (c ... "we will continue to act with the fda to ensure that companies that produce food and juice under dangerous conditions take corrective action ... " the company purchases ingredients, such as carrots and beets, that originate outside of new york and sells products to food service establishments primarily in new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania

... findings published in the journal food pathogens and disease show that l ... monocytogenes as a food-borne pathogen has significant public health and economic impacts with manufacturers of ready-to-eat foods required, under eu regulation, to examine the processing environment for microbe as part of their hazard analysis critical control point (haccp) approach and sampling schemes ... the food hazards posed by the bacteria are especially due to its ability to grow over a broad temperature range, a characteristic enabling the pathogen to modify its membrane composition to maintain membrane fluidity ... they maintain that existing sanitation methods are often not sufficient to remove bacterial cells and their biofilms from food contact surfaces ... another recent study looking at one specific sandwich production plant, published in the journal food control, found that particular strains of l ... the authors of that research, who are based at the institute of food safety and hygiene in zurich, said their results showed that bread feeding machines, slicers, conveyor belts and water hoses are the areas most at risk for contamination by the bacteria and they recommend continuous monitoring of plant equipment and environment to ensure an early warning system for processors

... the united states food and drug administration (fda) has announced a $17 ... 5m investment in food and feed safety standards encompassing federal, state, and local partners ... michael chappell, the fda's acting associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, said: " these cooperative agreements support and enhance local food safety efforts ... the grants are another step in the fda's continuing efforts to build an integrated food safety system between federal, state, and local partners ... food-borne illness in the area of response, the grants will be used to set up the food protection rapid response team (rrt) ... it will also include program infrastructure improvement prototype project cooperative agreements designed to develop, implement, exercise, and integrate the response to all food hazards and foodborne illness ... intervention grants will cover food safety and security monitoring (fern) ... fern laboratories provide additional capacity for analyzing food samples in the event of food-borne disease outbreaks or other large-scale food emergency events ... the innovation part of the new investment will be dedicated to innovative food defense ... these grants will be awarded to generate products that complement, develop, or improve state and local food defence programmes ... the prevention part of the grants covers the food protection task force conference programme ... this focuses on meetings that foster communication, cooperation, and collaboration among state, local, and tribal food protection, public health, agriculture, and regulatory agencies ... the meetings will provide a forum for all the stakeholders of the food protection system; including regulatory agencies, academia, industry, consumers, state legislators, boards of health and agriculture, and other interested parties ... meanwhile, the international food protection training institute (ifpti) welcomed the investment in training food safety inspectors

... the uk food standards agency (fsa) is piloting a new, roll-with-the-times, scheme designed to alert food enforcement officers to potential food hazards while out in the field ... the fsa is launching a free subscription service that will send text messages containing details of agency food hazard warnings (fhw) direct to environmental health officers' and trading standards officers' mobile phones ... the text message will highlight the urgency of the warning, the product name, and details of where the full version of the food hazard warning can be found on the fsa's website ... david statham, director of enforcement, said: "this pilot scheme is intended to allow greater convenience and accessibility for food enforcement officers working out in their local communities ... by enabling information to be targeted direct to mobile phones, food enforcement officers will be able to respond quickly to alerts and deal with any problems on the ground ... " food hazard warnings alert local authorities to any problems associated with food and, in some cases, they provide details of any specific action which needs to be taken by a local authority

... 2333- otherwise known as the "agriculture, rural development, food and drug administration and related agencies appropriations act, 2002 ... for the first time in several years the us congress has provided a budget for the food and drug administration over and above increases requested for the salaries and expense account ... 3 million to prevent substandard food and health care products from reaching the u ... 4 million to upgrade food safety by expanding the food safety initiative beyond microbiological contaminants to cover chemical and physical food hazards; $10 million to safeguard patients against adverse events associated with the use of drugs, biological agents and medical devices by improving fda's system for monitoring marketed products;$10 million to protect the human subjects and research data in clinical trials by increasing fda's inspections