Although the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was enacted in 2011, for which the FDA has issued nine rules, the agency has not yet completed all requirements of the Act. A GAO report, released in early January, found that FDA...

Citing the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) 2025-2030 as “the most significant reset of federal nutrition policy in our nation’s history,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has summarized the message of the new DGAs in three words...

By Dr. David Acheson While I correctly foretold 2025 to be a year of significant change, I see 2026 as much less predictable. In fact, it is exactly that which I expect the year to be: unpredictable. Will action be...

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 came to pass, especially at the federal food agencies, it was a mixed bag as...

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 weather, illness, and car trouble (real or feigned). In response to a SHRM survey, an...

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 seek care or is simply treated for their symptoms. However, the other 20%, which are...

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 COVID years (2020-2022), inspections had been gradually increasing to about 1,200 in 2023 and 1,450...

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, within the first four months of 2025, foreign object recalls had increased 93% over the...

The rights of states to enforce legislation that is not in sync with federal legislation is becoming increasingly controversial, particularly in relation to food dyes and additives. From the MAHA focus to a new Senate bill, an alliance of major...

With some controversial media coverage of the 2026 Funding Bill, TAG took a deep dive itself to determine the real extent of the changes and impact on the food industry. It is interesting that a number of very specific food...