Posts By: Sonia Salas

FSMA Traceability Rule to be Discussed in Virtual FDA Meetings

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be hosting three online public meetings to discuss the recently released proposed rule “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods.” The meetings will provide additional information about the proposed rule, which was issued under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, and are intended to facilitate and ...

Sustainability Metrics in Agriculture: New Online Stewardship Calculator

From reducing food waste, energy, and GHG emissions to improving soil health, today’s growers and packer shippers are identifying new and ingenious ways to further sustainability efforts while meeting the ever-increasing demands from agricultural consumers. Though sustainability can be difficult to quantify, we now have a method to measure on-farm sustainability efforts! Western Growers,…

CPS Research Symposium Review: Bringing Executive Summaries to Life

The 2020 Center for Produce Safety Virtual Research Symposium provided a broad glimpse of knowledge gained and in-progress awareness of its sponsored research to its largest and most geographically broad stakeholder audience. For many, sometimes it is not quite clear whether this new knowledge represents solutions ready for adoption, and if not, how close and ...

Upcoming FBIA Webinar Covers Traceability

Join the Food and Beverage Issue Alliance (FBIA) and the Consumer Brands Association this Monday for insight on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule, Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods.  On November 2nd, Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP will deliver an overview of the scope of the proposed rule, what the ...