The PMO and PC Rule The PMO, first published as the “Ordinance” has served as the regulatory guidance document for dairy products since 1924, addressing sanitary practices to ensure milk safety from farm to cup. Today, with oversite by FDA and the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS), the PMO or equivalent is adopted […]

Grade “A” Dairy Products and the FSMA Preventive Controls Rule The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 charged the US FDA with developing and enforcing policies that ensure a safe food supply for all Americans and beyond. The Act implied a massive undertaking in improving food safety, with four sub-titles (Prevention; Detection and Response; […]

The dough conditioner Azodicarbonamide (ADA) made a splash in the news as a substance found in both many breads and yoga mats. Subway recently announced they would be removing it from all their products, joining a few countries in banning ADA as a food additive. Yet the FDA classifies ADA as GRAS, allowing levels of […]

Part 1: Ensuring food safety every day, every production lot is a huge responsibility for food processors.  This article is the first in a four-part series looking at achieving food safety by design.  Here we describe people capability considerations to achieve food safety. People Capability to Achieve Food Safety by Design Implementation of the Food […]