Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team

The joint FAO/WHO World Food Safety Day campaign and theme for 2025, alongside accompanying resources, has been revealed: “Food Safety: Science in Action.” World Food Safety Day takes place on June 7 annually. 

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has put out an open call for data on the use and presence of food additives and flavorings to inform a pilot monitoring program. The data may help inform dietary exposure estimates for authorization and risk assessment purposes.

Nelson-Jameson has announced a new partnership with Bonar Plastics to create and utilize new, reusable shipping containers when delivering dsm-firmenich cultures, which are biological catalysts for dairy food production.

Precision Downtime, a new software solution from Ancera, helps poultry integrators reduce downtime during flock transitions by leveraging real-time, farm-specific data based on microbial risk assessments.

FDA Human Foods Program staffers recently told Consumer Reports how a current spending freeze at the agency is affecting their ability to do their jobs, and leaves them feeling “dangerously unprepared” for the next foodborne illness outbreak or food safety emergency.

Between January 2023 and January 2025, a total of 509 illnesses were caused by the consumption of alfalfa sprouts across ten countries in Europe. The outbreak encompasses eight Salmonella serotypes, and the sprouts were traced back to seeds grown in a single geographical region in Italy.

Hapman recently launched the CablePro Tubular Drag Conveyor, specifically for gentle, clean, and efficient transport of products, such as cereals, grains, nuts, frozen foods, pet food, and other delicate items.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has opened registration for the upcoming IFT FIRST: Annual Event and Expo, taking place July 13–16, 2025 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.

The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) is launching a webinar series, titled, Striving and Surviving, aimed at helping U.S. regulatory professionals deal with budget cuts and general uncertainty.

Syntegon’s new Kliklok Advanced Carton Closer (Kliklok ACC) provides an efficient secondary packaging solution that ensures high-quality results with minimal rejects