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What the term “natural” means on your food product label: What is your liability?

While FDA continues to use this standard for assessing the safety of food packaging materials, changes are taking place.

Most people consider bottled water to be a safe and healthy alternative to other packaged beverages.

Campylobacter is also one of the foodborne pathogens that have frustrated public health agencies’ efforts to reduce its contribution to illnesses.  

“Natural” does not necessarily mean “safe;” but what does this word really mean in terms of food safety?

Does your food safety system employ a systems engineering approach? If not, maybe it should.

The health and well-being of food handlers and proper hygiene practices often gets over-looked when push comes to shove in the retail food industry.

One solution to solve biofilm contamination in food processing plants is to inoculate the production environment with probiotic microorganisms proven to be inhibitory to pathogens.

The Food Safety Modernization Act will modernize current Good Manufacturing Practices regarding manufacturing, processing, packaging and holding of human foods.

Audits should include the live sampling of heat transfer fluids to ensure the safe processing of foods.