The IAFNS 2022 Annual Meeting and Science Symposium featured a panel that addressed emerging food safety concerns associated with new modes of food retail, such as e-commerce, ghost kitchens, and delivery services. 

Direct-to-consumer food businesses occupy a gray regulatory airspace, placing consumers’ health at risk.

It may be time for the leading third-party food delivery platforms to establish a single, reasonable food safety standard, as current rules largely exclude these services from regulation.