British meat-packing plants deemed to be a “cause for concern” will be named publicly under a policy adopted this month by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), which is responsible for
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have made some serious missteps trying to keep potentially hazardous imported food off the market, according to a new government audit.
The U.S. government’s “right hand” was grading and okaying egg shipments while its “left hand” was testing for and finding Salmonella contamination. And the right hand had no
Experts at the University of Florida are on a mission to help small farmers develop and implement on-farm food safety plans.
The University’s Small Farms Academy, part of the
The landscape for food safety is going through some of the most significant changes ever in the context of legislative action, regulatory enforcement, consumer wariness, and industry accountability. With these
The development of the Audits Benchmarking Matrix, which enables side-by-side comparisons of the third-party audit organizations and standards most commonly used by the U.S. produce industry, was completed last
Policymakers in New South Wales (NSW) are voicing concern over the recent privatization of food safety inspections by the state government.
Previously, the NSW Food Authority, a government-run agency, conducted