Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team

The Federal Food Administration Act has been introduced to the U.S. Senate. The bill aims to remove responsibility for overseeing the U.S. food supply from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and give it to a newly created Federal Food Administration.

The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) is holding a free, three-part webinar series to highlight research projects that were presented at the 2024 CPS Research Symposium.

In this episode, author, trainer, and consultant Nuno F. Soares, Ph.D. discusses a method for “selling” food safety to top management, as described in his newest book. Bob Ferguson also talks about his latest Food Safety Insights column on how technology is changing food safety.

Beginning in September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) will implement a new sampling program to verify allergen label claims on ready-to-eat (RTE) foods.

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has approved 16 edible insect species for import and sale in the country, and has set out the guidelines for insects to be approved as food.

With an overarching theme of “Food and Nutrition: Research for the Future,” the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS’) fourth annual Science Innovation Showcase will be held virtually December 10–12, 2024.

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) new Food Enzyme Intake Model (FEIM) web tool helps the food industry and consumers estimate dietary exposure to specific food enzymes per manufacturing processes.

UC Riverside environmental engineers have discovered bacteria that can destroy certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in contaminated drinking water, building upon previous discoveries of and work to understand PFAS-eating microbes.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have issued warning letters to several companies for illegally selling food products containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that are branded to resemble popular snack products.

Washington’s new Foodborne Illness Notification System (FINS) aims to catch unsafe food and protect public health.