The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule requiring the application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles to the processing of fruit and vegetable juices (66 FR 6137 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP): Procedures for Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Juice). FDA took this action because there have been a number of food hazards associated with juice products and because a system of preventive control measures is the most effective and efficient way to ensure that these products are safe.
As of January 20, 2004, all processors and importers of juice and juice products have been subject to the juice HACCP regulation and the phased-in approach for compliance has ended. Furthermore, the educational inspections have been phased-out. The compliance program covers domestic processors and importers of fruit and vegetable juices and provides instructions to ensure that they are being operated in accordance [...]
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Tawam Hospital in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine has announced that it has been awarded the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) c...
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- PENNSYLVANIA: FDA investigate’s claim of pill in juice – (News 10 Now)
http://news10now.com/content/all_news/113573/fda-investigate-s-claim-of-pill-in-juice/Default.aspx
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — The FDA is looking into a P...
- 15th Australian HACCP Conference and Allergen Bureau Conference 8-12 September 2008, Adelaide South Australia – (Advancing Food Safety)
The 15th Australian HACCP Conference will be held 8-12 September 2008 at the Holiday Inn,
Adelaide, South Australia. The conference will also include ...
- ABSTRACT: Inactivation of Salmonella, E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes in phosphate-buffered saline and apple juice by ultraviolet and heat treatments – (Food Control (Volume 20, Issue 4, Pages 443-446))
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- AUSTRALIA: Approval sought for cholesterol-lowering food ingredient in fruit juice – (FSANZ)
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- JAPAN: Adoption of HACCP system in the Chinese food industry: A comparative analysis – (Food Control, Vol, 19, Issue 8)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T6S-4RRFN83-3&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2008&_rdoc=14&_fmt=summary&...
- KANSAS: Consumers warned about unpasteurized juices – (Topeka Capital-Journal)
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- TEXAS: FDA shuts down seafood processing company, requires products be recalled – (U.S. FDA Press Release)
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- ONTARIO: Couple suing over tainted juice – (Toronto Star)
http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/305507
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ndy Valy had never before purchased Bolthouse Farms carrot juice, but decided to pick some up it ...
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- Curlwaa Orange Juice recalls product after tests find Salmonella traces – (Australian Food News)
http://www.ausfoodnews.com.au/db/node/51649
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Abstract
The aim of this work was to study the growth/survival of acid-adapted cells of Listeria monocytogenes, in orange juice and in minimally proce...
- Effectiveness of lemon juice in the elimination of Salmonella typhimurium in stuffed mussels – (Journal of Food Protection)
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- MACEDONIA applies new food safety system – (Southeast European Times)
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