Picture this: It’s Monday morning. You’ve had a great weekend, the weather was beautiful, and you got the yardwork done in time to watch the game. So, you sit down at your desk, ready to set the week’s plans in...

With less than a year and a half until compliance with the Traceability Rule (FSMA 204) is due on January 20, 2026, a number of questions and concerns remain about its implementation and industry impact. To create a forum for...

The food industry continually faces new and emerging risks from the expanding globalization of the supply chain and environmental factors that impact food safety and public health across the globe. With a significant environmental factor being that of global climate...

Since the beginning of 2023, FDA has issued nearly 40 warning letters with citations for lack of or inadequate HACCP implementation. This doesn’t even begin to account for the number of 483 citations on Juice or Seafood HACCP during that...

Although the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for sodium is 2,300 mg a day for those 14 and older, Americans consume an average of 3,400 mg per day, with much of that intake resulting from processed foods. Because of this, the FDA has...

As far back as can be searched on the Internet, one can find studies on and reports of Salmonella in poultry. In fact, a 1974 survey of retail purchases found 8.3% of fresh whole chicken fryers to be contaminated with...

As a manager of a retail food or foodservice operation, what do you do if an employee reports in ill with symptoms of vomiting and/or diarrhea? What if someone arrives at work with a sore throat and fever? If they...

A new bill has been introduced in the Senate for the U.S. to establish a single food safety agency! No, you’re not reading an old article that we accidentally republished, although this same sentence could have been used numerous times...

For 40 years, U.S. federal agencies have been able to make decisions and set regulation based on their interpretation of “ambiguous” statutes of laws they are required to regulate against, based on the precedence set by the 1984 Chevron Decision...

There has been a lot of media, social media – and, yes, TAG – coverage of the state and federal focus on chemical risks in food. But is that really where the regulatory priority should lie? Should we be chasing...