Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team

Kurita America Inc. and Cyclopure are partnering to deliver an advanced and sustainable solution for removing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water, using a completely regenerable material.

Touchless Traceability addresses a longstanding operational challenge for food industry distribution centers: the ability to easily capture and share lot codes and related shipping data for all items shipped to customers.

Commercial Food Sanitation (CFS) Institute North America, housed at the Intralox global headquarters in New Orleans, Louisiana, will be home to trainings, collaboration, and hygienic design support for food industry sanitarians and processors.

Research from the University of Plymouth has demonstrated the ability of nanoplastics to infiltrate the edible radish root, which raises questions about the food safety and public health implications of dietary exposure to plastics. 

The advancement not only supports the recycling of “forever chemical” polymers—which are used on cookware and food packaging, for example—but also boasts high recovery of fluorine, a finite resource.

A Gallup poll has found that U.S. consumers’ confidence in the federal government’s ability to ensure food safety has hit a record low.

In August, an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O:157 (STEC) infections at Belgian long-term care facilities sickened more than 70 people, resulting in nine deaths. Raw ground beef is the probable vehicle of illness.

A University of Missouri research project is exploring the use of blockchain for improved traceability of food served at restaurants, and increased transparency for diners. The findings suggest that clear traceability information would increase consumers’ confidence in food safety.

LGC Standards has expanded its portfolio of Dr. Ehrenstorfer PFAS testing solutions with new 13C-labeled reference materials developed for EPA Method 1633.

The Octopus Prestige stretch wrapper supports high-speed wrapping performance for end-of-line packaging environments, while improving operational efficiency and reducing material usage.