You’ve seen the statistics – CDC estimates that each year in the US, 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die from foodborne disease – likely often enough that they barely register anymore. But for those charged...

Did your ears perk up suddenly on March 20, thinking you heard a huge sigh of relief – but you were the only one around? If so, you weren’t hearing things; there’s no doubt that FDA’s posting of its intent...

Although food recalls were down in 2024, as TAG illustrated in a previous article, the same was not true of serious illnesses and deaths from pathogenic contamination in foods. In fact, a new report from PIRG shows that hospitalizations and...

Whether you are in agreement or not, you shouldn’t be surprised. With the new administration’s direction having been communicated loud and clear directly and through media and social media outlets, any hope that it wouldn’t impact the food industry has...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has continuously advocated against ultra-processed foods, and with his confirmation as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the food industry can expect those foods to be a key focus of 2025. But what...

Following Tuesday’s implementation of a 25% tariff on products entering the US from Mexico and Canada, food safety professionals should prepare for cascading effects throughout the supply chain. These tariffs create interconnected challenges requiring systematic attention. While it is inevitable...

Is WGS a regular part of your environmental monitoring program? If not, it’d be a good idea to jump aboard this fast-moving train sooner rather than later. The infant formula crisis of 2022 led to FDA’s requirement to conduct whole...

“Unfortunately, we are buying these cookies from a company who never told us they changed the ingredients” … or did they? The 25-year-old dancer who had come to New York from the UK to pursue her career was at a...

With foodborne illness continuing to be a serious issue in the U.S., a fragmented set of agencies and laws governing the country’s food supply, and a lack of significant progress being seen toward agency goals to reduce foodborne illness, the...

As the US reduces its regulations on PFAS, with the withdrawal of the proposed EPA rule to place limits on PFAS discharges in industrial wastewater, the EU is increasing its oversight, publishing new plastic packaging regulations. The actions of the...