Food Safety and Security Constituent Updates

• December 21, 2004
  • Keeping Food Safe for the Holidays
  • JIFSAN Offers Online Risk Analysis Training
  • Website Launched to Teach Children Proper Handwashing
• December 7, 2004
  • FDA Issues Final Rule on the Establishment and Maintenance of Records to Enhance the Security of the U.S. Food Supply Under the Bioterrorism Act
• November 4, 2004
  • FDA Posts Revised Compliance Policy Guides (CPGs) for Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
  • EEOC and FDA Roll-Out Guide for Restauranteurs and Other Retail Food Employees Addressing Overlap of Disabilities Act and Food Code Rules
• October 29, 2004
  • FDA Warns Consumers About Risks Associated With Unpasteurized Juice
• October 8, 2004
  • FDA to Hold Public Meetings on Proposed Egg Safety Rule
  • FDA Awards New Contract and Food Industry Training Task Order to IFT
• September 27, 2004
  • "Celebra La Vida Con Salud," Hispanic Health Fair Tour
• September 22, 2004
  • FDA Proposes Further Action to Improve Farm-to-Table Shell Egg Safety
  • 2004 Professional Development Program in Food Science for Science Teachers Reaches 50 State Goal
• August 13, 2004
  • FDA and CBP Announce Revised Compliance Schedule for Enforcement of the Prior Notice Interim Final Rule and Contingency Plan for Prior Notice System Outages
• July 9, 2004
  • FDA and USDA Announce New Actions to Prevent BSE
• June 25, 2004
  • FDA Announces a Public Meeting to Discuss Development of New Produce Safety Action Plan
  • FDA Announces Revised Compliance Policy Guide on Prior Notice of Imported Food
  • FDA Announces Public Meetings on Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMPs)
• June 4, 2004
  • Status of Implementing Phase 3 Enforcement of Prior Notice
  • JIFSAN Launches Integrated Program in Food Safety Risk Analysis this Summer
• June 1, 2004
  • Dr. Martin Cole Named Director of the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST)
  • Record Number of Teachers Apply for FDA/NSTA Professional Development Program in Food Science
  • 2004 Grassroots Food Safety Education Initiatives
• May 28, 2004
  • Final Rule on Administrative Detention On Display in Federal Register
  • Updated Compliance Information on Registration of Food Facilities
• May 19, 2004
  • Status of Implementing Phase 3 Enforcement of Prior Notice
  • JIFSAN Launches Integrated Program in Food Safety Risk Analysis this Summer
• May 6, 2004
  • CFSAN Publishes 2004 Program Priorities
  • FDA Updates Questions & Answers on Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments and Registration of Food Facilities
  • FDA Guidance for Industry on Cosmetics and Dairy Now Available in Print
  • 2004 FDA Science Forum
• April 27, 2004
  • FDA Publishes Proposed Rule on Private Laboratories for Import Testing
  • FDA Updates Guidance on Harmonized Tariff Codes
• April 12, 2004
  • Comment Period Reopens for Interim Final Rules On Registration and Prior Notice
• April 8, 2004
  • Spanish and French "What You Need to Know" Booklets on Prior Notice and Registration Now Available
  • FDA's Final Retail Guidance for Industry Now Available in Print
• April 6, 2004
  • Foodborne Illness Primer for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals, Second Edition, Announced at National Press Club
  • State Food Code Adoption Progress
  • FDA Recalls Webpage
• March 25, 2004
  • Vibrio vulnificus Educational Tool Kit Available on the Web
• March 19, 2004
  • FDA and EPA Issue Joint Advisory About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish
• March 8, 2004
  • Reopening of Comment Period on Trans Fat ANPRM
  • Guidance for Industry: Juice HACCP Hazards and Controls Guide
  • Training in Food Safety Risk Analysis
• February 25, 2004
  • FDA Issues Letter To Firms that Grow, Pack, or Ship Fresh Lettuce and Fresh Tomatoes
  • CD-ROM on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments Now Available
  • Upcoming Public Meetings on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
• February 13, 2004
  • Upcoming Public Meetings on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments
  • FDA updates Its Guidance for Industry: Questions and Answers Regarding Registration of Food Facilities
• December 18, 2003
  • FDA Announces Transitional Compliance Policy Guides on Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments and Registration of Food Facilities Under the Bioterrorism Act
  • FDA Publishes Questions and Answers on Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments and Registration of Food Facilities
  • FDA Publishes Final Retail and Cosmetics Guidances for Industry
• December 5, 2003
  • FDA and CBP Bolster Safeguards on Imported Food
  • "What You Need to Know" Booklets on Prior Notice and Registration Available
• December 2, 2003
  • Joseph A. Levitt to Retire as Director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition;
    Dr. Robert E. Brackett to Succeed him
• November 19, 2003
  • Tips to Prevent Foodborne Illness During This Holiday Season
  • FDA Announces Public Meeting on Listeria, Updated Information
• November 6, 2003
  • FDA Announces Public Meeting on Listeria
  • FDA Provides Consumer Tips for Detecting Food Tampering
• October 24, 2003
  • FDA Holds Grassroots Meetings to Discuss New Interim Final Rules
  • FY 2003 CFSAN Research Grants Awarded
• October 21, 2003
  • FDA and USDA's Risk Assessment on Listeria monocytogenes Reinforces Safe Food Handling of Ready-to-Eat Foods as Key to Reducing Listeriosis

• October 16, 2003
  • FDA Publishes Interim Final Rules on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments: Registration System Goes Live on October 16, 2003

• October 1, 2003
  • FDA Announces a Satellite Downlink Public Meeting On Forthcoming Final Rules on Registration of Food Facilities and Prior Notice of Imported Food Shipments

• September 5, 2003
  • CFSAN Holds Stakeholder Meeting on Joint FDA-EPA Methylmercury Advisory
  • Symposium on Peer Review of Risk Assessments and Related Activities

• July 23, 2003
  • HHS Creates Food Security Research Program and Increases Import Exams More Than Five-fold to Protect Nation's Food Supply: FDA Progress Report Details Ongoing Efforts to Enhance The Nation's Food Security
  • FDA Publishes Industry Guidance on Food Product Categories

• July 11, 2003
  • DHHS and FDA Focus on Trans Fat
  • Better Health Information for Better Nutrition
  • Protecting the Food Supply: FDA Notice Regarding Firms Offering Registration Services
  • 50 Teachers Selected for FDA/NSTA Professional Development Program in Food Science

• June 11, 2003
  • JIFSAN/BARD Conference: Science and Technology Based Countermeasures to Foodborne Terrorism

• May 2001 - May 2003: Additional Food Safety Staff Constituent Updates

• Jan 2000 - Mar 2001: Additional Food Safety Initiative Constituent Updates