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The Food Dawgs' Digest
Posted by caesweb on May 30, 2024
Undeclared Allergens on Food Labels
May is Food Allergy Awareness month! To wrap up the month, we have a blog post on a common cause of food recalls: undeclared allergens on food labels. When people think of food recalls, most think of recalls due to foodborne illness. Famous recalls like the Peanut Corporation of America recall, Jensen Farms cantaloupe recall, […]
The Food Dawgs' Digest
Posted by caesweb on May 24, 2024
FDA Publishes Final Rule Revising the FSMA Produce Safety Rule for Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Safety
On May 2, 2024, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule, The Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Final Rule, which fulfills Subpart E of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. The new approach emphasizes system-based assessments to identify hazards and make decisions based on risk management. The rule will […]
The Food Dawgs' Digest
Posted by caesweb on May 9, 2024
Add a Little Crunch to Your Diet with Cicadas: How to Harvest, Store, and Prepare Food from Brood XIX Emergence in Georgia
Authors: Matthew Livingston, Amrit Pal, Kaitlyn Casulli Introduction Insects are a significant part of traditional diets for at least 2 billion people, with over 1,900 species reported to be consumed as food (van Huis et al., 2013). Cicadas are one such insect. Indigenous peoples from the United States and Canada were known to eat cicadas […]
The Food Dawgs' Digest
Posted by caesweb on Mar 6, 2024
Understanding pH and its Importance in Food Safety
Whether measuring the pH of a new food product for classification or as part of a routine test for quality or safety, it is important to understand the principles behind pH measurement and ensure testing is performed properly. What is pH “pH” is an acronym derived from the Latin term potentia hydrogenii, meaning the “power […]
The Food Dawgs' Digest
Posted by caesweb on Feb 6, 2024
Flavor of Georgia Product Spotlight
With 2024 Flavor of Georgia registration closing on February 13th, we wanted to highlight a previous winner of the “Beverages” category. Flavor of Georgia is a food product contest for Georgia-made products annually held in Athens, GA. Food products are evaluated based on the technical aspects of the food as well as potential market volume, […]
The Food Dawgs' Digest
Posted by caesweb on Jan 29, 2024
Upcoming Extension Workshops
Packinghouse HACCP This International HACCP Alliance accredited course will discuss produce safety, Good Manufacturing Practices, and how to develop food safety programs based on the core principles of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP). The course will be offered February 29th-March 1st, 2024 at the Tift County Extension Office. Bridging the GAPs Fruit and vegetable […]