Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has opened submissions for companies to express interest in a sandbox program to help ensure the safety of cell-cultivated foods. 

Following a fatal Escherichia coli outbreak linked to organic carrots that has sickened people in multiple U.S. states, the Government of Canada is warning consumers not to eat recalled products distributed by California-based Grimmway Farms.

Veeva Systems recently announced a new cloud-based, digital solution for Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) management as part of its QualityOne Suite.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced eight awards totaling nearly $5 million to maintain, expand, and utilize previously developed AMR dashboard tools.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened a request for information about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in seafood.

In light of World Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Awareness Week 2024, USDA has highlighted trends from its most recent National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) report, covering 2021.

A multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121:H19 infections linked to organic carrots has sickened 39 people, resulting in 15 hospitalizations and one death.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has increased the acceptable daily intake for saccharin (commonly known as Sweet’N Low) by 4 mg/kg of bodyweight per day, saying the latest scientific evidence does not support that the artificial sweetener is damaging to DNA.

Effective immediately, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revised the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) and released corresponding guidance for industry.

The UK Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit has made an arrest as part of an ongoing investigation into a case of suspected food fraud.