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title: "FDA Releases Supplement to the 2013 Food Code"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/27a54893-a99c-449d-aba1-bed6b2139d01
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fda-releases-supplement-to-the-2013-food-code-2038
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2015-07-10T19:14:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:34:28.920Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc4152.png
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# FDA Releases Supplement to the 2013 Food Code

**TL;DR:** The FDA released a supplement to the 2013 Food Code, which includes updates on food temperatures and foodborne illnesses. The updates aim to help prevent foodborne illness in the foodservice industry.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-07-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fda-releases-supplement-to-the-2013-food-code-2038).*

## Story

If you’re legally the “Person in Charge” at a food establishment, make sure to pay close attention to the Food and Drug Administration’s latest updated to the Food Code. Among other things, you’ll now have to monitor food temperatures during hot and cold holding and understand the difference between foodborne illnesses such as Typhoid fever and nontyphoidal illnesses. The FDA created the Food Code to help prevent foodborne illness in the foodservice industry, and hopefully this new modifications will make the industry even safer.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- regulation (topic)
- food safety (topic)
- FDA (regulator)
- Food Code (regulator)
- food code (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fda-releases-supplement-to-the-2013-food-code-2038). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/27a54893-a99c-449d-aba1-bed6b2139d01).