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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has unveiled a new part of the ISO 22000 family of standards.

The FDA has developed an online learning module to help the seafood industry, retailers, and state regulators ensure the proper labeling of seafood products offered for sale in the U.S. marketplace. 

The University of Maryland's Center for Food Safety and Security Systems has received a $4.6 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for a project crafting scientifically based food safety metrics for leafy greens and tomatoes.

The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) is now accepting presenter abstracts for IAFP 2015 to be held in Portland, OR next summer. 

A new report released by the World Trade Organization concludes that country-of-origin labeling rules in the U.S. are unfair. 

Georgia-Pacific Corrugated is preparing to acheive Safe Quality Food certification in all its U.S. box plants and produce yards to reduce the likelihood of contaminated foods reaching store shelves.

The Center for Food Safety has settled with the Food and Drug Administration regarding the agency's "Generally Recognized as Safe" food additive approval process.

Food Safety Magazine board member Huub Lelieveld has been named Honorable Doctor of the Ukraine's National University of Food Technologies.

The 29th session of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Codex Coordinating Committee for Europe (CCEURO) took place in The Netherlands from September 30 through October 3, 2014.

Penn State Law’s Agricultural Law Resource and Reference Center is one of four institutions in the new Agricultural and Food Law Consortium, a partnership supported by a $750,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant and established to study how food and agriculture laws affect land- and sea-based food, fiber and energy production.