Cider Stuff

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This page is provided as a resource for information regarding the current public issues related to cider manufacturing

U. S. Food and Drug Administration Juice Safety Fact Sheet for Consumers

Critical Controls for Juice Safety by the US Food and Drug Administration

FDA's Jurisdiction to Regulate Apple Cider Production

Recent Articles on Cider Issues

Labels To Go on Fresh Apple Cider

Warning labels required, HACCP rules on the way

FDA processing comments on labeling rules

Odwalla pleads guilty, is fined $1.5 million

4/22/98: Great Lakes Fruit Growers News, FDA proposes HACCP, labeling in fresh juice regulations

Comments on the Cider Crisis By Alica Rosamilia

(Rutgers Law Student Staudying the Cider Crisis)

Food and Drug Administration publishes two proposed rules to regulate the safety of cider and other fresh juices:

"Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP); Procedures for the Safe and Sanitary Processing and Importing of Juice" Federal Register, April 24, 1998, Volume 63, Number 79, pp. 20449-20486. Docket No. 97N-0511. Comment deadline: July 8, 1998

"Food Labeling: Warning and Notice Statements; Labeling of Juice Products" Federal Register, April 24, 1998, Volume 63, Number 79, pp. 20486-20493. Docket No. 97N-0524. Comment deadline: May 26, 1998

Apple Cider: Sweet Nectar or Risky Brew? Article from the Rutgers Cooperative Extension "Visions" Newsletter

Rutgers Cooperative Extension Message on Cider Safety-RCE Questions and answers on Cider Safety Issues

New Jersey Department of Agricultural Cider Info-"Recommendations for Good Manufacturing Practices and Plant Sanitation in Apple Cider Press Operations"

New Jersey Department of Health Cider Guidelines

SMALL CIDER MILLS FEAR PUSH FOR MANDATORY PASTEURIZATION

FDA Notice of Intent on Cider Labeling

Links to other Cider Related Information

Great Lakes Fruit Growers News:

October 1997 Articles

E. coli found in Michigan cider keeps spotlight on industry

Michigan Orchard Given Clean Bill of Health on E. coli

September 1997 Articles

CIDER CONTEST First-ever Michigan cider contest to be held

FDA signals move toward mandatory cider HACCP, warning labels

Workshop--erecting safety barricades against attacking bacteria

Fresh apple cider industry coping with life in the bullseye

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