GFSI Announcement: Storage and Distribution Scope Included in GFSI Guidance Document

• Asunto: GFSI Announcement: Storage and Distribution Scope Included in GFSI Guidance Document

GFSI has reissued its Guidance Document Sixth Edition under version 6.3 to include key requirements related to the storage and distribution sector. As a result, food safety management schemes that cover the storage and distribution scope can now come forward to GFSI for recognition through its benchmarking process. If the scheme’s requirements are considered to be equivalent to those specified within the GFSI Guidance Document Sixth Edition version 6.3, the scheme will achieve formal recognition by GFSI.

Any Scheme Owners that cover the Storage and Distribution scope who are interested in going through the GFSI benchmarking process should contact gfsinfo@theconsumergoodsforum.comfor a Benchmarking Application Form.

The full news release can be accessed via this link: http://bit.ly/17daltn .
Anunciado por Jessica Wigram

Colocarán a la carne el ‘Sello de Confiabilidad’ 22 de octubre será presentado formalmente

La Asociación Nacional de Exportadores e Importadores de Carne en conjunto con la Sagarpa presentarán este 22 de octubre a nivel nacional el “Sello de Confiabilidad ANIEC”




Saltillo, Coahuila.- La Asociación Nacional de Exportadores e Importadores de Carne en conjunto con la Sagarpa presentarán este 22 de octubre a nivel nacional el “Sello de Confiabilidad ANIEC”, mediante el cual se garantizará al consumidor que la carne que es natural y está libre de promotores del crecimiento, carrageninas y polifosfatos.

 El presidente de la ANIEC, Jesús Valdés Parra, informó que será en una expo que se realizará en Aguascalientes donde se realizará la presentación de este sello, mediante el cual se buscará el origen de todas las carnes. Para garantizar esto último, Valdés Parra añadió que participará una empresa certificadora la cual será la encargada de checar desde el origen (donde empieza la engorda de los animales) hasta su sacrificio.

Esta nueva medida aplicará tanto para la carne que se queda en el mercado nacional como para la de exportación. Inicialmente se “sellará” la carne que se vende en los supermercados, para posteriormente incorporar a más negocios. El otorgamiento del sello no tendrá un costo por parte de la Asociación, reconoció Parra.

FUENTE: REBECA RAMÍREZ

Wisconsin Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken And Ham Products Due To Potential Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination

Class I Recall055-2013

Health Risk: HighSep 25, 2013

Congressional and Public Affairs
Catherine Cochran 
(202) 720-9113
 

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2013 – Garden Fresh Foods, a Milwaukee, Wisc.establishment, is recalling approximately 19,054 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and ham products due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes,  the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

These products are being recalled in association with a recall by the same company of products regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A full list of products being recalled can be found on the FDA’s website here. Products regulated by FSIS bear the establishment number “EST. 17256” or “Est. P-17256” inside the USDA mark of inspection and include the following:

UPC	Pack/Size	Product	Product Code	Code Date
0 85239 24103 5	12 oz.	Market Pantry All White Meat Chicken Salad	24103	9/24/2013 - 10/14/2013
0 85239 00221 6	6 oz	Archer Farms Rotisserie Chicken Salad	002216	09/28/2013 - 10/9/2013
0 85239 99017 9	11 oz	Archer Farms Bacon Parmesan Dip	99017	10/12/2013 - 11/8/2013
0 85239 10125 4	14 oz	D'Amico and Sons Chicken Salad with Rosemary	1010254	09/24/2013 - 10/10/2013
0 85239 10121 6	14 oz	D'Amico and Sons Chicken & Dried Cherry Pasta	101216	10/02/2013 - 10/10/2013
0 85239 10122 3	6 oz	D'Amico and Sons Chicken & Dried Cherry Pasta	101223	10/02/2013 - 10/10/2013
0 85239 10024 0	14 oz	D'Amico and Sons Ranch Pasta Salad with Chicken, Spinach & Bacon	100240	9/24/2013
0 85239 10023 3	6 oz	D'Amico and Sons Ranch Pasta Salad with Chicken, Spinach & Bacon	100233	9/24/2013
7 33147 10496 5	12 oz	Finest Traditions Ham Salad Spread	388648	09/28/13 - 10/18/2013
0 11596 06164 1	12 oz	Garden Fresh Ham Salad with Sweet Relish	6163	10/03/2013 -10/12-2013
0 41497 05334 6	8 oz	Weis Ham Salad	05334	09/27/2013 - 10/02/2013

The products were distributed to retail and food service establishments nationwide. The problem was discovered through microbiological testing at the facility by FDA. FDA, FSIS and the company have not received reports of illnesses due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider. 

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/current-recalls-and-alerts.

Consumers with questions regarding the recall should contact the company at (800) 645-3367. Media with questions about the recall should contact the company’s Vice President of Sales, Steve Mueller at (414) 645-1000.