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Food SafetyThis page covers food safety issues ranging from safety recalls and safe food handling practices to regulatory guidelines. Local InitiativesCIFT Local Initiatives include the Farm to School Program, Local Food Manufacturers Program, Agritourism and the Farm to Chef Program. NOCKThe Agricultural Incubator Foundation's Northwest Cooperative Kitchen (NOCK) is a nonprofit kitchen facility designed to assist entrepreneurial efforts and expand current food-related businesses by providing access to a commercially licensed kithchen. Northwest Ohio Green Products CenterThe Northwest Ohio Green Products Center is a collaborative effort among several partnering organizations to provide the resources, technical assistance and business expertise to regional entrepreneurs or established manufacturers who currently produce, or plan to produce, green or biobased products. USDA-ARS Technology Transfer ProgramUSDA-ARS technology transfer provides a means for moving promising technologies discovered through federal and university research into the public arena where they are developed into marketable products. USDA-ARS accomplishes this by forming partnerships with universities and private sector businesses.In the CIFT Spotlight...
CIFT & CIFT Members Rockwell Automation, Inc. and OSU Featured in Food Engineering ArticleCIFT & CIFT members Rockwell Automation, Inc. and OSU are featured in the September issue of Food Engineering.
Grow A Row: A Success StoryA project of CIFT and the Toledo Seagate Food Bank that connects food producers willing to donate excess production to participating food banks located in their vicinity.
CIFT 2007 Report to IndustryA report of CIFT's 2007 programs, projects and activities
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Current FDA RecallsThe Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has jurisdiction over recalls involving food and pet & farm animal feed. This page is a list of the latest FDA food recall notices. Current USDA RecallsThe Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) inspects and regulates meat, poultry products and eggs. This page is a list of the latest USDA food recall notices. Privacy PolicyThe CIFT website privacy policy...
HHS Food Facilities FDA Registration Letter - What Should You Do?
There has been some confusion regarding a form letter sent to food facilities by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.***
HHS is sending out a form letter to all food facilities with the subject Registration of a Food Facility - Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002*. The letter states,"Our records indicate that,to date, this facility has not been registered with FDA". It then provides information on the subject regulations and registration. It also states, "If you have already registered your facility, no other action is necessary". To view the entire text, please click the link above.
The letter has caused confusion among food processors. Some processors think their previous registration was deleted. Others think they must re-register by law. A few, in the process of re-registering, have been redirected (not by FDA) to third party registration services that charge a fee to register for you.
What should you do if your food facility receives this letter?
You may also direct questions to foodsafety@EISC.org or call 614.314.4627 and ask for Shari Plimpton
*** Grateful acknowledgement to Dr. Brian A. Nummer, Ph.D., Food Safety Specialist and Director of the Retail Food Safety Consortium, Utah State University for providing information on this issue.
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