When a consumer hears about a food recall, they’re only seeing the final step in a long and complex process. Before that notice ever reaches the public, food companies
Speed is essential to a well-managed recall. The faster consumers are alerted and understand what to do, the faster contaminated products can be identified, returned, or discarded. That’s why
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Imagine buying a bag of shrimp, only to learn weeks later that it may have been exposed to radiation. Or opening your child’s lunchbox to find peanut butter
Co-authors: Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink, and Gillian Kelleher, president and CEO of Kelleher Consultants LLC.
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On July 9, the FDA issued a renewed call to action urging
The Food and Drug Administration is calling on industry to provide input on how to better institute recalls, particularly for food for infants.
In a letter to industry leaders, FDA
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By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
Food recalls occur regularly, with recent incidents involving eggs, tomatoes, cucumbers, baby food, and more. A food safety report found an alarming
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By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
The goal of food safety is safe food, as the adage goes, “If it isn’t safe, it isn’t food.” Recalls
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By Roger Hancock
Food recalls aren’t just a headline or an industry issue — they affect real people every day. Maybe it’s a bag of salad you already
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More than 80 percent of consumers are worried about food recalls. It’s understandable – recent widespread, highly publicized food recalls involving deli meats, cucumbers, onions, frozen waffles, and more
By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
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Food recalls are often described as safeguards for public health, but in reality, they reveal cracks in our food safety systems. Take
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Believe it or not, many food companies find it cheaper to pay millions of dollars to “resolve” foodborne illness outbreaks and product recalls after they occur than to overhaul
By Darin Detwiler, Gillian Kelleher and Roger Hancock
The goal of a food recall is simple: to remove compromised food in order to prevent people from eating contaminated food that
