FAO’s new Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods (RVDF) Tool is designed to help national authorities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by improving their monitoring and risk management of veterinary drug residues in food products.
Trustwell’s FoodLogiQ traceability platform has successfully passed the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) Capability Test, certifying FoodLogiQ as a verified “GDST-Capable Solution,” which affirms its ability to securely exchange standardized traceability data across the seafood supply chain.
The new LOMA Online Training Academy provides UK businesses with a smart and sustainable way to train their teams. Operator, supervisor, and quality assurance courses are designed to help manufacturers meet stringent food safety standards and obtain certification required for audits.
To assist establishments in meeting food safety regulatory requirements, USDA-FSIS has released a new, generic Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) model for ready-to-eat (RTE) fermented, salt-cured, and dried products.
Boar’s Head is planning to reopen a production plant that was linked to a deadly, multistate listeriosis outbreak in 2024. Meanwhile, inspection reports obtained by the Associated Press show that insanitary conditions similar to those that caused the outbreak continue to plague other Boar’s Head facilities.
In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to George Misko, a legal expert on the regulation of food and food contact materials, about the recent “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) Report calling for changes to the “Generally Recognized as Safe” (GRAS) provision, food additives, and food contact materials oversight—and the potential regulatory implications.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) evaluated the potential novel risks posed by the use of new genomic techniques (NGTs) for the breeding of farmed food animals, as well as the adequacy of EFSA’s current risk assessment guidance on NGTs for food animals.
A Trace One analysis of U.S. foodborne illness data reported to CDC reveals which states have the highest incidence of foodborne illness, which pathogens cause the greatest number of foodborne illnesses, and the months of the year in which foodborne illnesses are most common.
First established in 2022 with the goal of making scientific advances to improve food safety, the Quadram Institute has received an award of £650,000 to continue the work of the Food Safety Research Network (FSRN) for a three-year second phase.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is offering a training course, titled, “Navigating the FDA Food Code: A Course for Industry Professionals” on September 9–11, 2025.
