The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is offering firms in the United Kingdom a chance to work on a food safety culture project.
UCLan and Cultivate Food Safety are inviting those in the industry to
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The FDA has updated its materials about a proposed food traceability rule — “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (Food Traceability Proposed Rule).
Traceability in the food supply chain is crucial
Continue Reading FDA extends deadline for comments on traceability rule; announces changes
It’s one thing for someone working in the produce industry to attend a conference with all sorts of regulators and scientists talking about food safety. But it’s quite another thing for those folks to be
Continue Reading USDA wants to hear produce industry’s voice in anonymous food safety survey
If the word for 2020 in food safety was adaptation, the word for 2021 will be resilience. COVID-19 will continue to challenge food and beverage manufacturers, and resilience will be needed to address those
Continue Reading Industry’s resilience with food safety practices will be crucial in 2021
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has moved away from a one size fits all approach on shelf life guidance for meat.
The revised guidance covers vacuum packed and modified atmosphere packed (VP/MAP) chilled fresh beef,
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In her letter “Letter to the Editor: Industry supporter out of line on line speeds,” (https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/11/letter-to-the-editor-industry-supporter-out-of-line-on-line-speeds/) Jessica Chapman offers her ad hominem opinion that I am “an industry supporter whose
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Hygiene guidelines for controlling Listeria monocytogenes during production of frozen vegetables have been published.
Work started after an outbreak connected to frozen sweetcorn produced by Greenyard in Hungary. The incident sickened at least 54 people
Continue Reading Guidelines issued for Listeria in frozen vegetables after outbreak
A way to help food businesses know when to apply the “use by” or “best before” date on products has been developed by European experts.
The “use by” date is about safety – foods can
Continue Reading EFSA tries to clear up date labeling confusion
An expert group on tropane alkaloids that gathered after an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda has published its findings.
In 2019, 315 people were ill and five died after eating “Super Cereal”
Continue Reading Experts help WFP after food aid outbreak
The International Association for Food Protection has opened nominations for its 2021 awards and travel grants. The deadline is Feb. 16, 2021.
Officials from IAFP are scheduled to present the awards and recognize travel grant
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An annual survey has recorded an increase in global anxiety about food safety and future food supplies. The U.S. was one of nine countries involved in the research.
The 13th edition of the Tetra Pak
Continue Reading Research records rise in global concern about food safety
