Items Tagged with 'workforce'

A new analysis of U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) data conducted by the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) quantified the impact of federal workforce cuts on experts and inspectors within USDA-FSIS and USDA-APHIS.

The Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT’s) Food Science Academic Knowledge Base 2025 covers application and enrollment trends, areas of growing and declining interest, and key influences among food science students globally. 

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak with Dr. David Dyjack, Executive Director and CEO of the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), about the multitude of challenges and opportunities facing today’s food safety workforce, along with NEHA’s projections for the future of this workforce.

Registrar Corp has launched SkillUp, a complete training solution for the food manufacturing workforce that is specifically designed for easy use and implementation.

This exclusive eBook presents strategic and collaborative solutions for cleaning and sanitizing your facility. 

In any manufacturing facility, managing change can create great momentum and benefits, or cause catastrophic disasters. This article discusses fundamental factors for understanding and overcoming resistance to change.

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Dr. Christopher Daubert, President of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources at the University of Missouri, about the value of a food science education, as well as the complex food system challenges that today's students, who make up tomorrow's workforce, can help address.

Letter to Congressional leaders warns that further workforce reductions could jeopardize USDA’s ability to protect the nation’s food supply.

In a move that could have wide-ranging impacts to the USDA's food safety, nutrition, research, and farm services programs, more than 11,300 employees have signed up for the Trump Administration's second round of deferred resignations.

Temporary employees are defined as "at-will" workers who can work on a part-time, full-time, or seasonal basis. Many food manufacturers utilize temporary employees in their facility, for a wide variety of reasons, which can pose some challenges. This article discusses the possible challenges and strategies for managing them to avoid problems in your food manufacturing facility.