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• September 28, 2021 What is FDA’s role in policing food e-commerce? Will your operations be a new focus of FDA? Do these transactions occur in “the cyberspace,” “the internet,” or the “virtual world”? This post continues our review of the upcoming US FDA New Era in Smarter Food Safety public meeting […]
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• September 21, 2021 What is food e-commerce? What are the food e-commerce vulnerabilities? Below is an excerpt from my Food Fraud Prevention textbook that reviews e-commerce and product fraud risks. This excerpt provides insight for the upcoming US FDA New Era in Smarter Food Safety public meeting on food e-commerce. Link
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• September 7, 2021 (Part 1 of a multi-post series) Participate in the FDA direction on food e-commerce. This is a review of the Federal Register announcement earlier today about the FDA food safety/e-commerce public meeting on October 19, 2021. The event addresses e-commerce and new business models based on supply chain
FDA Public Meeting on Food E-Commerce – Review and Registration Link Read More »
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• November 6, 2017 FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Stephen Ostroff (pictured above), presented on Food Fraud at the October 30-31, 2017 “FOOD FRAUD – GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING: Global Action for Prevention and Mitigation of Food Fraud” conference here in Beijing. Since his presentation last April there are several
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• June 22, 2016 This is a detailed, 22-page review of the Food Fraud aspects or requirements of the recently published Food Safety Modernization Act Intentional Adulteration (Food Defense) Final Rule (FSMA-IA). While there are no new Food Fraud requirements, there are tremendous insights on related FSMA compliance. This Intentional Adulteration Final
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• February 13, 2015 Authentication is a key to Food Fraud prevention and a critical part of the “detect-deter-prevent” continuum. Selecting authentication countermeasures that contribute to prevention is often complex and challenging. This challenge was the subject of my chapter on “The Selection of Strategic Authentication and Tracing Programs ” in the book
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• January 11, 2014 This a review and application of the June 2011 publication by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (Gao), Government Accountability Office, report on “Better Coordination Could Enhance Efforts to Address Economic Adulteration and Protect the Public Health.” To note, was published by GAO one month before our journal article
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