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organizations oppose new food safety bill
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the food safety enhancement act has been broadly welcomed by industry but a group of organizations has issued a letter to the relevant committee voicing strong opposition to several of the bill’s provisions. the agribusiness organizations’ objections have been raised as the bipartisan bill was passed by the energy and commerce committee on wednesday, moving the process forward to the house floor for full approval. "as drafted, this legislation would give the food and drug administration broad new powers to regulate the entire spectrum of the agricultural and food system – from production agriculture to the final retail establishment,” they wrote, “in many cases without appropriate thresholds or accountability. we strongly urge that these deficiencies be corrected during full committee markup." their concerns include the expansion of fda access to facility records, which they fear will result in “unwarranted and unreasonable ‘fishing expeditions’”, the implementation of country-of-origin labeling (cool), which they say is “not a food or feed safety issue”, and the imposition of fda registration fees. the group claims that the fda has provided “no basis to justify the level of user fees” and that the bill “contains no constraint on fda expenditures for food safety activities.” mandatory recalls the organizations also claim that the expansion of fda recall authority goes too far in that it specifies needing ‘reason to believe’ that a product is adulterated and could cause serious health issues or death, rather than ‘credible evidence’. they wrote: “if a ‘cease distribution’ or quarantine provision is retained in the bill, it must require that fda have a reasonable probability, based upon scientific risk assessment, that the product in question will cause serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals.” the bill includes several measures that industry representatives and food safety experts have urged for years, including more frequent fda inspections, giving the agency the authority to instigate mandatory product recalls, and requiring food companies to carry out risk assessments. those that have come out in support of added food safety provisions include the grocery manufacturers association and the american frozen food institute as well as the center for science in the public interest and consumers’ union. under the bill, registration fees of $500 for each food processing facility would help pay for the more frequent inspections – a compromise from the $1000 fee initially proposed. signatories to the opposition letter include the corn refiners association, the american soybean association, the american sugar alliance and the national oilseed processors association, among others. a full copy of the letter can be accessed here .
Source :Food Safety, HACCP, Food Quality, Food Microbiology, Hygiene
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June
2009
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the food safety modernization act’s preventive approach to food safety may seem obvious in hindsight – and it is already a food industry norm, fda’s deputy commissioner for foods said on thursday. the food safety modernization act , which was signed into law in january, has been hailed as a major shift in the food and drug administration’s (fda) approach to food safety, toward prevention of foodborne illness rather than reaction to outbreaks once they have occurred.
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most americans would be prepared to pay more for food in order to fund new food safety measures, according to a survey conducted on behalf of pew charitable trusts. the pew-commissioned telephone poll of 1,015 likely voters was carried out by hart research and american viewpoint, and found that two-thirds (66 percent) supported extra funding for the food and drug administration (fda) to carry out new food safety responsibilities.
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in the wake of a spate of high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks, the food safety modernization act passed the house on tuesday and is heading to the president, who has said he will pass the bill into law. passing with a vote of 215-144, the bill faced a large number of obstacles along the way, including a filibuster attempt, a technical glitch, and strong debate over certain amendments, despite enjoying widespread bipartisan support from industry, consumer, and health organizations.
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a report into the mass outbreak of e. coli in wales calls on the uk's food regulator to look into whether there should be more legislation and guidance on plant inspections. the report, an outcome of a food poisoning outbreak that killed one boy and resulted in the closure of a manufacturer, could lead to more stringent inspections policy and a review of the rules giving local authorities the power to shut down plants.
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with the ushering in of new hygiene laws at the start of this year, food companies are now under tougher regulatory scrutiny to ensure they do not send out poisonous products from their plants. laws on food hygiene, a regulation on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs, a regulation on official feed and food controls, and another on feed hygiene make up a complementary package of rules to tighten and harmonise the eu's safety measures.
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a top level forum made up of regulators, industry players and consumer groups is holding its first meeting today as part of a uk bid to tackle a slew of issues surrounding nanotechnology in the food sector. intelligence gathering on nano research and the controversial proposal to set up a nanotech register for food and packaging products are just some of the major issues to be addressed at the inaugural meeting of the nanotechnologies and food discussion group.
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the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) has revised downward its estimate of the number of americans who become sick due to foodborne illness each year – from 76m to 48m. the revised figures estimate that one in six americans fall ill as a result of foodborne pathogens each year – down from one in four according to the cdc’s previous estimate. the agency has more than halved its estimation of the number of people who are hospitalized as a result of foodborne illness , from 375,000 a year to 128,000.
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chinese authorities have said its new food safety law, which comes into effect today, will help prevent the food contamination incidents that have caused so much damage to the reputation of its domestic producers. the legislation aims to toughen up the country’s food monitoring network by imposing more stringent standards, stricter supervision and a recall system for tainted or substandard products.
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