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FDA is becoming much more inspection-oriented and enforcement-minded, even before FSMA is fully implemented.  

Foodborne illness claims are among the greatest financial risks facing the food industry.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening the comment period for a draft Qualitative Risk Assessment for certain food facilities that include farm packing operations for fresh fruits and vegetables.  

The main goal of food safety must be to target our food safety efforts toward the prevention of actual harm.

Best practices dictate that a third party assess the competency of the testing lab and its compliance with the relevant standards.

When we debate how animals should be treated, we are also debating the safety of our food.  

Collaboration at all levels, within and across companies, retailers, authorities and all stakeholders is required to apply a multidisciplinary approach to food safety.

With food safety-related recalls becoming more commonplace, it is essential for incident response teams to understand and implement effective and transparent processes.

Reformulating with entirely natural ingredients while maintaining product taste, texture, appearance, functionality, safety and shelf life can be a major task.

The emergence of antibiotic-resistant foodborne pathogens is inherently linked to how antibiotics have been used in food animal production.