This year’s annual Food Safety Summit is scheduled for May 8-11, 2023 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. The summit is a leading event in the food industry, aimed at providing
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Food Safety Summit announces education program for 25th annual conference
The Food Safety Summit has announced its education program for the 25th annual conference and trade show set for May 8–11, 2023, at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.
The conference program…
Continue Reading Food Safety Summit announces education program for 25th annual conferenceUniversities offer resources to help with safe at-home food preservation
With the beginning of fall yesterday, people will be collecting the rest of their gardens’ fruits and vegetables for canning. The benefits of home food preservation include building a reserve of dehydrated and canned food…
Continue Reading Universities offer resources to help with safe at-home food preservationCalifornia LGMA and STOP update “The Why Behind Food Safety” video
Ten years ago the California LGMA partnered with STOP Foodborne Illness to create a motivational training video for leafy greens producers. In May 2022, the California LGMA and STOP Foodborne Illness provided an update to…
Continue Reading California LGMA and STOP update “The Why Behind Food Safety” videoStudies show consumers need more flour safety education
Two recent studies published by the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) on flour indicate that U.S. consumers need more education on how to use flour safely.
The first study, titled “Consumption of Raw Flour …
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Report finds lack of evaluation for food safety training
There is a need for a framework to evaluate the effectiveness of food safety skills and education programs, according to a report published by Lloyd’s Register Foundation.
The report identified food safety training programs globally,…
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UCLA offers food safety course for doctors, public health professionals
Registration is now open for UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine’s one-day conference titled, “Eat, Drink and Be Wary: Modern Foodborne Infections and Food Safety for Savvy Clinicians” set for Sept. 25, 2021.
The …
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FAO project building food safety capacity in developing nations
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is helping to fund a project to educate a new generation of food safety professionals in the developing world.
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) project began in 2019 and…
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Study suggests education isn’t the end all for food safety
Newly published research concludes that education significantly increased safe food handling among high schoolers, but also showed the students continued risky practices that can result in foodborne illnesses.
The study, from researchers at the…
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IAFP announces 2018 workshop topics; sets registration date
Laura Strawn of Virginia Tech was one of the workshop presenters at the 2017 IAFP conference in Tampa. Her research interests focus on enhanced microbial safety of produce production at both…
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