Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team

Consumer Reports recently released a report revealing the “most contaminated” poultry plants in the U.S., based on an analysis of USDA-FSIS Salmonella testing data.

In April, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) will host a four-part virtual workshop series on food fraud prevention, with a focus on supply chain disruptions and Enterprise Risk Management. The workshop will be led by food fraud expert John Spink, Ph.D.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has proposed a rule that would require mandatory labeling on alcoholic beverages for the “Big 9” food allergens. The proposed rule is open for comment until April 17, 2025.

In this bonus episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Mark Carter, Senior Software Product Manager at Hygiena and President of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), about how centralized and visualized data reinforces food quality and safety compliance and risk management.

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is offering four in-person food safety training opportunities throughout 2025, designed to help the dairy industry strengthen contamination control practices to protect consumers from foodborne illness. 

Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) has written a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, urging her to rescind the decision to terminate two key food safety scientific advisory committees, NACMCF and NACMPI.

In a new study, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) evaluated the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect foodborne illness outbreaks by analyzing online restaurant reviews. Although several challenges were identified that must be overcome before AI can be used routinely in epidemiological investigations, UKHSA believes the approach shows promise. 

PPM Technologies has introduced the new CookWright continuous frying system, designed to maximize production efficiency and product quality, with a wide range of capacities and design options available.

By integrating Bison’s Nautilair blower into its existing JD500CXI automatic batch fryer, JD Manufacturing was able to increase the output of its fryer by 20 percent while reducing fuel consumption.

The new XP-Design Assay Salmonella Serotyping Solution from Bio-Rad enables rapid detection and precise characterization of Salmonella in food and environmental samples.