A risk-based approach is rapidly being incorporated into food safety systems. This can be attributed to the efforts of regulatory agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop requirements for food businesses. This article examines these food safety systems from a systematic, risk-based approach to allow the food safety practitioner to develop and improve food safety.

At the 75th Session of the World Health Assembly, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the new WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022–2030.

China recently released a timeline and benchmarks for its National Strategy for Food Safety, and the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment published a paper that examines China’s concept of food safety and identifies future work areas.

A recent study evaluated and compared the level of conformity with food safety requirements in cattle and pig slaughterhouses, for which large-scale and beef facilities scored better, on average.

In honor of World Food Safety Day 2022, ISO has published new standards—ISO 22003 Parts 1 and 2—for the accreditation of certification bodies that audit food safety management systems or food safety systems.