Food Safety Featured Articles

  1. Hygienic Equipment Design Is Essential To Food Safety 5/28/2015

    In order to enhance food safety, there are numerous factors within a food production operation that need to be carefully examined. However, one of the most important areas to start is with the hygienic design of food processing and packaging equipment.

  2. Industry Leaders Convene At Expo Milano 2015 To Address Global Food Security 5/22/2015

    Global food security is one of the most important challenges facing the food industry, and industry leaders are working to find solutions through collaboration and innovation.

  3. ERP May Deliver Best Practices For Safe Food Transport 5/21/2015

    Foodborne illnesses affect nearly 50 million Americans each year and according to the CDC. Compounding this problem are the countless types of food and the associated ways to handle and transport them. FSMA’s Sanitary Transportation of Human Food aims to provide some relief to the situation, but food companies are going to need some help and enterprise resource planning technology may provide the way.

  4. Traceability And Transparency Are Key Aspects Of Food Pathogen Testing 5/20/2015

    FSMA regulations require food manufacturers and processors to be proactive in their approach to food-safety events. Because of this, many food producing companies are beefing up traceability practices within their supply chains. Adding even more urgency to bolstering traceability practices is the growing complexity and global nature of modern supply chains, along with consumers demanding to know who harvested and transported the food product, where the food and its ingredients came from, and how the food was handled on its journey from harvest to table.

  5. The Nation's Largest Food Safety Inspection Database Is Up And Running 5/18/2015

    Food safety inspection data has traditionally been difficult to aggregate as each regulating agency has compiled its own data in individual databases. While it is fairly simple to find publicly available inspection data on the USDA and FDA websites, local and state agency information hasn’t been so easy to find… until now.

  6. USDA Finalizes Ruling For Labeling Of Mechanically Tenderized Beef 5/18/2015

    In response to growing concerns over bacterial contamination, mechanically tenderized meat products must now be labeled as such and must include proper cooking instructions.

  7. FDA Announces Its Food Safety Challenge Finalists 5/14/2015

    The FDA’s Food Safety Challenge, a competition tasking members of the food industry to develop technologies to detect foodborne pathogens, now has five finalists out of nearly 50 total submissions. Here is what the finalists are bringing to the table.

  8. FSMA's Preventive Controls Rule: There's No Better Time To Prepare Than Now 5/12/2015

    While the FDA is preparing to issue its next final ruling for FSMA, food manufacturers and processors should already be laying the groundwork for training staff around the legislation. Though the effort needed may seem overwhelming, the food industry will be getting some help from the Food Safety Preventative Control Alliance.

  9. Is The GRAS System Conflict Free? 5/11/2015

    In order for an additive to become generally recognized as safe, it may not have to undergo chemical testing. However, once on the GRAS list, safety never has to be addressed. Critics say that this system is rife with bias.

  10. Food-Safety Management: ISO 22000 To Be Revised 5/7/2015

    ISO 22000, an international standard for food-safety management, is currently under revision with publication set for 2017. Pet food makers, as well makers of bottled water, are being asked for comments before the revision’s final publication.