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The lawsuit that two consumer advocacy groups brought to compel deadlines for final publication of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) has been settled against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Read more about the implications of the agreement.

In the case of a food recall, a company’s food safety manager and its crisis communicator make up the most unlikely of duos. But don’t underestimate the importance of this team to your company’s ability to survive.

ConAgra Foods has been recognized as a company that takes pride in its food safety culture and practices.

Companies and organizations in the food industry are taking steps to use social media to help respond to issues and prepare for crisis management.

There is a looming unspoken food safety crisis in the restaurant business, caused because there is a lack of education and enforcement of important principles within the weakest link in the chain: the entry-level server.  

A look back at the past 100+ years since Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle changed the way we look at food safety.

A look at the work at Dr. W. Edwards Deming offers effective advice for food companies wishing to drive increased success in the new year.

Many food safety hazards present themselves in the retail environment.  

The best approach to protect your product from chemical contamination is to identify the hazards in your ingredients before they can affect your final product.  

Increased media coverage of food hazards has raised awareness of these hazards and increased vigilance in food-handling practices in the home.