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Food safety is ensured by developing, implementing, managing and improving processes used to produce safe food.

Food fraud vulnerabilities can be assessed using a free, industry-led solution to help meet new requirements for food fraud mitigation set out in the Global Food Safety Initiative.

The National Environmental Health Association has released new auditor credentials that will help meet the new food safety auditing requirements mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act.  

The final GRAS (generally recognized as safe) rule specifies the process for submitting a GRAS notice and the information that should be included.

The Consortium of Food Process Validation Experts is a group of experienced scientists from several land-grant institutions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and industry that promotes scientifically sound approaches for food process validation.

Campylobacter has been found to be the most common bacteria causing human gastroenteritis in the world.

Food safety stakeholders should now be able to recognize that the vision of an integrated food safety system is currently being implemented and is beginning to illustrate great promise.

For several years, legislative bodies throughout the country have struggled with the issue of whether to label food products as containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) or bioengineered food.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has issued a report with recommendations for improving the situation for individuals with food allergies.

New guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration leads to increased litigation about “evaporated cane juice.”