Apple Cider Food Safety Control; Workshop

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a workshop on food safety controls for the apple cider industry. The workshop will clarify issues related to the implementation of the agency's regulations requiring a warning statement for certain juice products. Specifically, the workshop will address pathogen reduction interventions that may be effective for apple cider production and the methods used to measure and validate such interventions. Results of research conducted by Federal, State, private, and academic institutions will be presented.