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Recalls, FDA and USDA actions, and standards changes, briefed with what each one means for your facility.
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ClearJul 22, 2026
The SQF Agents & Brokers Code, Explained for Buyers
The SQF Agents & Brokers Code, published July 6 2026, certifies the traders, brokers, and importers who move your ingredients without handling them. For the first time you can require a third-party certificate for the intermediary in your supply chain, the link that used to sit outside every audit. What it covers, who needs it, and where it fits in supplier qualification.
7 min
May 5, 2026
Your Supplier's Supplier Recalled. Your COA Won't Save You.
Three brands recalled chips, beverage mixes, and meat products in eight days. The trigger wasn't Salmonella in any of their facilities. It was an April 27 California Dairies recall of dry milk powder, two tiers upstream. Utz says their seasoning batches tested negative for Salmonella prior to use. They're recalling anyway.
5 min
Apr 23, 2026
New York Just Passed a GRAS Disclosure Law. Suppliers Are on the Clock.
New York's Food Safety and Chemical Disclosure Act passed the Assembly 106 to 32 on April 21, 2026, after clearing the Senate unanimously in March. It bans Red Dye 3, potassium bromate, and propylparaben outright, and makes New York the first state to require manufacturers to publicly disclose self-designated GRAS ingredients, including those currently hidden inside "natural flavor" and "spices." The ingredient intake work starts now, not after the governor signs.
7 min
Apr 17, 2026
FDA Keeps Issuing FSVP Warning Letters. Manufacturers Often Don't Know They're the Importer.
Life Plus Style Gourmet got an FDA warning letter on March 5, 2026, on the company's third FSVP inspection in four years. It joined a sustained cluster of FSVP warning letters going back to June 2025. The enforcement tool behind them, Import Alert 99-41, detains every shipment an importer brings into the country until they petition off. If you buy ingredients from a foreign supplier, you may be the FSVP importer on the hook and not know it.
7 min
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