According to an announcement published in the Federal Register, the Food and Drug Administration is reopening the comment period for the advance notice of the proposed rule on the Reportable Food Registry Provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act. The action is being taken to give interested parties more time to submit comments.
More common all the time, food recalls in the U.S. and Canada have a disconcerting frequency. In the past 12 months, there have been more than 600 recalls as foods enter the market with problems that have the potential to cause serious adverse health effects.
BBU Inc., parent company of Bimbo Bakeries companies, has initiated a voluntary regional recall of hamburger and hot dog rolls due to the possible presence of metal fragments.
Rich Products Corp. expands its voluntary recall to all products manufactured at its Waycross, Ga., facility due to possible contamination with E. coli O12.1.