On Thursday morning, officials from FDA, USDA-FSIS, CDC, and AFDO took the stage at the 2026 Food Safety Summit Town Hall to talk about the current developments and priorities at their respective agencies.
Taking place June 5–9 in Columbus, Ohio, the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) 130th Annual Education Conference offers sessions focused on manufactured food safety, retail food safety, and produce safety.
Major public health, food industry, and consumer protection groups have stated concerns about the recent mass firing of FDA Human Foods Program staff and the resignation of Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones, expressing that layoffs could jeopardize food safety and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda.
The newly formed Food Industry FSMA 204 Collaboration, comprising eight leading food industry member associations, aims to enhance industrywide awareness of the impending FDA Food Traceability Final Rule/FSMA 204.
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has announced that its 128th Annual Education Conference will take place June 9–12, 2023 in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Amway Grand Plaza.
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) published a guidance that clarifies the differences between mandatory requirements of the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) and multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) audits.
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) recently released a whitepaper that provides recommendations for recall modernization to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other stakeholders, based on three years of data collection and analysis.
The Consumer Brands Association (CBA), Safe Food Coalition, and Association for Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) have written a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expressing support for FDA's compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA's) inspection frequency mandates.
The New Era of Smarter Food Safety represents a new approach to food safety, leveraging technology and other tools to create an integrated, safer, and more digital, traceable food system.
