Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team

The new Cascade Water Recirculation system and Inspira Series high-speed bagmaker from Heat and Control are designed to meet food processors’ sustainability and efficiency demands.

Under the terms of the partnership, LuminUltra will serve as an official North American distributor of Kikkoman Biochemifa’s microbiological monitoring technologies for food safety and hygiene.

The SenseGuard line integrates high-definition imaging with AI analysis to identify a range of physical contaminants in food processing, packaging, bottling, and canning applications.

The research can serve as a foundation for updating or developing new Restricted Substances Lists to mitigate potential risks to human and environmental health posed by hazardous chemicals used food contact materials.

Although gluten is not one of the Big 9 major food allergens, USDA inspectors will now verify that establishments producing meat, poultry, and egg products are accurately controlling and labeling gluten similar to the Big 9 major food allergens.

FDA has introduced two resources designed to improve public access to information about concluded foodborne illness outbreak investigations: Executive Incident Summary (EIS) Abstracts and Foodborne Outbreak Overview of Data (FOOD) Reports for historic pathogen-commodity pairs.

Rhombus Insights is a new AI-powered solution that enables businesses to measure “virtually anything their cameras can see,” providing operational insights without ongoing and time-intensive human intervention.

The system supports compliance with HACCP, GFSI, FSMA, SQF, and other global food safety standards.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released its 2025 Eurobarometer Survey on Food Safety in the EU, which gauges the awareness and perceptions of EU food safety systems and risks among European citizens.

A CDC analysis of multistate foodborne illness outbreak investigation data for 2023 reveals the foods and pathogens that caused the greatest number of outbreaks and illnesses. A single salmonellosis outbreak linked to cantaloupe accounted for 407 illnesses.