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The update to the all-in-one food safety, quality, traceability, and compliance platform is designed to strengthen how food companies prepare for audits, verify traceability systems, and respond to potential recall events.

The Food Traceability Rule training, offered through the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA), provides industry participants with foundational knowledge needed to understand and comply with FSMA 204 requirements.

The International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP’s) Black Pearl Award is given annually to one company for its efforts in advancing food safety and quality.

In the first of this two-part episode series recorded live from the show floor of the 2026 Food Safety Summit, we interviewed Summit speakers from the regulatory and industry spheres about topics discussed during their respective sessions, including retail/foodservice sanitation and culture, digital HACCP, cross-sector data-sharing, and more.

TrackAssure captures lot-level records as a byproduct of daily operations, automatically generates FSMA 204-compliant documentation, and delivers audit-ready reports on demand.

Breading mixtures may be reused for different foods in foodservice operations. An FDA-supported study found that both shrimp and cod allergens accumulate in reused breading and transfer to subsequent foods, although the cod cross-contact risk was much greater.

In a new peer-reviewed article, researchers make a case for linking data from both routine foodservice establishment inspections and foodborne illness surveillance, while acknowledging existing challenges, like inconsistent adoption of FDA’s Food Code and electronic data collection systems.

Supply chains are going digital, omnichannel operations are becoming the norm, and automation is everywhere. This should be good news for food fraud prevention. More data should mean more visibility, but in reality, it also creates more opportunities for both prevention and exploitation.

However, ultra-processed foods were consistently more affordable and dominated total U.S. grocery sales. The report, commissioned by IFIC, suggests that dietary recommendations and discussions about UPFs must be grounded in real-world consumer behavior, rather than treating these products as easily avoidable, and consider nutritional value.

The global food and beverage trade exhibition will take place on May 26–30 at IMPACT Muang Thong Thani, Bangkok, under the theme “BIGGER, BETTER, BOLDER,” welcoming food buyers and importers from more than 130 countries worldwide.