The Food Industry’s Slalom Course of 2025
By Dr. David Acheson, President and CEO Last year about this time, I predicted that 2025 would be a year of change. While that certainly
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Resolve to Focus on the Basics
My New Year’s resolution is to keep my family’s food safe! So… what can – and should – I do? The short answer: How about
Tis the Season for Norovirus: Are You Prepared?
January through March is famous for adverse weather conditions across much of the Northern Hemisphere. But a new study from TraceOne has shown these months
Working Around a Reduced Holiday Workforce
Unplanned worker absences can have a major impact on a food facility, with the holidays being prime time for vacation requests and call-offs due to
New Flu Variant K Makes Vaccination Increasingly Critical
The number of influenza cases is quickly rising in most areas of the US, driven by both the decreasing number of people being vaccinated and
How Costly Is Foodborne Illness: An Updated Review
In the US, 80% of foodborne illness cases never have a pathogen associated with them, primarily because the cases are mild, so the individual doesn’t
ACIP Narrows Birth-Dose Hep B Vaccine Recommendation from Universal to Selective
With an 8-3 vote by the members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the recommendation for hepatitis B immunization has been narrowed
FDA Foreign Food Facility Inspections at a Low. Can Unannounced Inspections and RRAs Help?
FSMA mandates that FDA conduct at least 19,200 foreign food facility inspections each year. While the number of conducted foreign inspections dropped significantly during the
Are Vaccines the Answer to Airborne Spread of HPAI?
With highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) continuing to be widespread in wild birds worldwide and causing outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, the theory that
Foreign Object Recalls Increase: What You Can Do
From beef stew to pork jerky to soda pop and cilantro, 2025 has seen more than its share of foreign material contamination recalls. In fact,