Food Safety Magazine

April/May 2026

The cover story for the April/May ‘26 issue of Food Safety Magazine discusses the overlooked but critical role that middle managers play in shaping food safety culture. Additional features explore how the seafood industry can expand a safe and sustainable food supply; best practices for validating cleaning to prevent allergen contamination in processing environments; and how laboratories can produce reliable Salmonella testing results when following FDA guidelines.

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Why Middle Managers Hold the Key to Food Safety

This overlooked sub-group plays a large part in determining culture, execution, and risk performance

Lone Jespersen Ph.D. Marie Tanner M.Sc.

April 10, 2026

This article discusses how the overlooked sub-group of middle management plays a large part in determining culture, execution, and risk performance.

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Riding the Wave: Seafood Sector Must Embrace Sustainability and Safety to Ensure Success

The seafood industry must ensure that operational models meet evolving market expectations, and then properly leverage them to drive profitability and success

Lisa Goché

April 15, 2026

In the fight against food insecurity, seafood is an essential source of protein. Growing the responsibly produced seafood supply depends on every part of the value chain. Industry must ensure that operational models meet evolving market expectations, and then properly leverage them to drive profitability and success.

Best Practice Considerations to Enhance the Effectiveness of Allergen Cleaning and Validation

The development and validation of effective cleaning practices are imperative to prevent allergen cross-contact

Steve L. Taylor Ph.D. Melanie Downs Ph.D. Philip Johnson Ph.D. Joseph Baumert Ph.D.

April 20, 2026

This article examines how the development and validation of effective cleaning practices are imperative to prevent allergen cross-contact in food processing environments.

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Tips for Building Confidence in Your Third-Party Laboratory's Salmonella Results

Salmonella testing plays an important role in reducing risk by providing validation and verification of Salmonella control strategies

Anna Schumann Ph.D. Catharine Carlin Ph.D. Martin Wiedmann Ph.D., D.V.M.

April 24, 2026

This article reviews why testing for Salmonella is important, the challenges encountered when testing for Salmonella (specifically when using FDA's Bacteriological Analytical Manual Chapter 5 guidelines), and how to evaluate if your testing laboratory is providing reliable testing results.

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Food Innovation: An Introduction to Precision Fermentation

The biotechnology behind precision fermentation is likely to become increasingly important in food manufacturing

Chris McGarvey

April 6, 2026

Precision fermentation has the potential to improve food security, promote sustainable food production, and support the food sector as an important driver of economic growth. The biotechnology behind precision fermentation is likely to become progressively visible, and its role in food manufacturing will become increasingly important. 

Live: May 6, 2026 at 2:00 pm EDT: Attendees will gain insight into the importance of preparing for the industry's shift from detection-based methods to risk-based allergen management.

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Our Publications

Food Safety Magazine

April/May 2026

Cover Story

Why Middle Managers Hold the Key to Food Safety

Features

Riding the Wave: Seafood Sector Must Embrace Sustainability and Safety to Ensure Success

Best Practice Considerations to Enhance the Effectiveness of Allergen Cleaning and Validation

Tips for Building Confidence in Your Third-Party Laboratory's Salmonella Results

Columns

Food Innovation: An Introduction to Precision Fermentation

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