PURE Bioscience, Inc., creator of the patented silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC ) antimicrobial, discusses the Company’s positioning to address the major food safety challenges faced by food manufacturers and processors, and restaurant chains this year.
Industry’s Key 2017 Food Safety Challenges
Increasing Regulatory Scrutiny: With rules finalized under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2016, the FDA is stepping up compliance and enforcement efforts through increased inspections of manufacturers and processors, especially in the areas of preventive controls and environmental monitoring programs. In addition, the USDA, under its Salmonella Action Plan, has finalized new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry. To enforce compliance, the USDA is increasing the frequency and rigor of testing, and will be posting individual companies’ food safety performance online.
Persistent Foodborne Illness Outbreaks and Product Recalls : The numbers of foodborne illness outbreaks traced to food processors and restaurant chains persist, along with related product recalls. This combination negatively impacts brand value and has devastating financial and legal consequences for the companies involved and their supply chains.
Increasing Department of Justice Activity : The DOJ is increasing its investigation of food safety practices and activity and, for the first time, bringing criminal charges against implicated company executives.
All of these challenges require the industry to continually seek superior food safety solutions to those currently in use. PURE has that superior food safety solution.