| The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting $318.3 million for food safety reform in fiscal year 2011. |
If approved, the FDA says it will look to upgrade import safety programs, improve data collection and risk analysis and establish an integrated national food safety system with strengthened inspection and response capacity. |
Camp Hill, PA — Instituting and standardizing its food quality management systems, The Warrell Corp. has received ISO 9001:2008 registration. |
As a contract manufacturer, the company first achieved ISO 22000 certification in mid 2009, according to Kevin Silva, senior vice-president, to address its customer’s needs. |
“Then we embarked on ISO 9001 identifying the standards Warrell wanted to implement in food safety and quality that are particular to our manufacture of candy and snacks,” Silva told Candy & Snack TODAY. “We took on a very customer-focused approach and are pleased with the result.” Read more at www.candyandsnacktoday.com |
THIS year, for the first time, glatt kosher food will be sold at the Super Bowl. |
| Certainly, faith will prompt some of the fans at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., to line up at one of two carts selling grilled salami sliders and garlicky knoblewurst. But for others, the appeal of a kosher hot dog will have nothing to do with religion. |
In an era of heightened concern over food contamination, allergies and the provenance of ingredients, the market for kosher food among non-Jews is setting records. |
Only about 15 percent of people who buy kosher do it for religious reasons, according to Mintel, a research group that last year produced a report on the kosher food explosion. The top reasons cited for buying kosher? Quality, followed by general healthfulness. |
| “It’s keyed into the issues of food safety and consumer fear,” said Larry Finkel of Packaged Facts, a consumer market research company that also released a study last year on the growing market for kosher foods.Read more at www.nytimes.com |
| Michael Taylor, the FDA’s new deputy commissioner for foods, is a familiar figure at the agency. |
The Obama administration wanted Taylor to implement the solutions he had been designing. A string of food poisoning outbreaks nationally had sickened thousands and killed dozens. Both parties in Congress were calling for tough new laws. The president promised the public that he would strengthen food safety.
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In July, Taylor became an adviser to Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and Wednesday he was named deputy commissioner for foods, a new position that elevates food in an agency long criticized for placing greater emphasis on drugs and medical devices.
Read more at www.washingtonpost.com |
| Food safety was at the top of consumers’ minds in 2009, according to a year-end survey conducted by Wakefield Research and Hunter Public Relations. |
Of the 1,000 U.S. residents surveyed, 53 percent said food safety and food health stories were the most memorable food stories of 2009. |
Consumers were asked to choose from a list of ten possible food stories of 2009 and choose the three that were most significant and memorable, according to Amanda Brokaw, vice-president of Hunter Public Relations. |
Forty-four percent ranked increased demand at food banks as the second biggest story of the year, while 41 percent chose consumers cutting back on their food spending, Brokaw says. Read more at www.candyandsnacktoday.com |
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FDA Seeks Food Safety Funding
