Although Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a serious food risk, particularly in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, regulations for presence and tolerance levels of the pathogen vary between countries. The U.S. holds a zero-tolerance level for Lm in RTE foods; Canada’s regulations categorize...

Over the last few months, we’ve written a number of articles about state and federal actions related to chemical and additive bans in food products and the impact on the food industry. While we’re not seeing a waning of that...

While you are likely seeing numerous articles on a new wave of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in the US, there is a great deal of misinformation being reported in both the media and social media. To offset this, TAG...

Does the manufacturing of your product include an exceptionally lethal process? If so, it may adequately control biological hazards, negating your need to otherwise identify and control known or reasonably foreseeable biological hazards for that product. Earlier this year, FDA...

In the last two months, two noteworthy actions have been taken to significantly reduce the long-contentious issue of PFAS in foods: The manufacturer commitment to not sell food contact substances containing certain PFAS intended for use as grease-proofing agents in...

Although some state regulations for retail foods require the allergen labeling of bulk and unpackaged foods at retail, it wasn’t until the most recent update that this allergen labeling became a component of the FDA Food Code (2022). That update...

The food chemical hit list is continuing to grow both geographically, as states continue to add bans, and by impact, as the list seems to lengthen each time another state seeks passage. And with FDA newest updates to its list...

For a food to be labeled as organic, the food must abide by all provisions of the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) and be certified to use the NOP seal. While this regulation has been in effect since 2001, on...

In the five-year span between 2019 and 2023, the U.S. meal kit delivery market grew at a compound annual growth rate of 20.1%, with 7% of that growth occurring in 2023 alone. However, that $8 billion+ worth of meal kits...

By Dr. David Acheson Within an eight-month period (September 2015 to May 2016), FDA published six of the seven major rules of FSMA, which I said at the time “will literally impact hundreds of thousands of entities globally when one...