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AMI Advises Producer Groups to Prep for COOL Implementation
WASHINGTON -- The American Meat Institute (AMI) here sent a letter to 97 producer organizations advising them that their members may soon hear from meat packers about what they will require of their suppliers as part mandatory country of origin labeling, which becomes effective in September 2008. -
FDA Issues Software to Help Food Facilities Defend Against Attack
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week released a new tool to aid food industry growers, packers, processors, manufacturers, warehousers, transporters, and retailers in assessing the vulnerability of individual food facilities to biological, chemical, or radiological attack.