Retail Food Safety Forum

Robots Serve Up Safety in Restaurants

By Nicole Lang, igus, N.A.

The use of automation is accelerating in the foodservice industry.

Women in Food Safety

Find Your Passion and Confidence Will Come

By Melody Ge, Corvium

There is only a glass ceiling if you believe it is there.

Ask the Expert:
Track and Trace—FDA FSMA Proposed Rule for Food Traceability

There are many questions from the industry that I am routinely asked regarding the new FDA FSMA Proposed Rule for Food Traceability. The following are a couple of the questions and answers.

FDA to Take Questions in Advance of 2021
Food Safety Consortium

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Do you have a critical question/issue that you’d like FDA’s Frank Yiannas to address during the 2021 Food Safety Consortium keynote address on May 6? Now is your chance!

Food Fraud Quick Bites

All Bison, No Bull

By Susanne Kuehne, Decernis

A combination of analytical methods identifies additions to bison meat products.

Food Safety Culture Club

Our Petition to USDA:
The Time for Change Is Now

By Mitzi Baum, STOP Foodborne Illness

STOP, along with several organizations, is asking the USDA FSIS to reform and modernize poultry inspections in an effort to decrease foodborne illness as a result of Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination.

HorizonScan Hazard Challenge:
Quiz 5

Welcome to our fifth HorizonScan Hazard Challenge!

The answer to last quiz question is at the bottom of this article.

Featured Quote

The pandemic has brought a renewed focus for manufacturers in making sure they are becoming more transparent and agile within their supply chain processes. They are realizing thanks to this disruption that suppliers can’t always deliver and a backup plan is crucial to keep things moving.

– Niels Andersen, ThinkIQ

Book Preview:
Food Fraud: A Global Threat with Public Health and Economic Consequences

The book provides a holistic discussion of food fraud prevention and compliance with regulatory and industry standards. Included in the book is a brief overview of the history of food fraud, current challenges, vulnerabilities facing the food industry, requirements for compliance with regulatory and industry standards on mitigating vulnerability for food fraud, with a focus on the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Benchmarking Requirements.

Download Chapter 1

New Sanitation System Fills the Gaps in Traditional ATP Testing Methods

ATP is the most widely used sanitation indicator test, but ATP is unstable and rapidly decomposes. This means conventional systems that test for ATP alone may miss bacteria and pathogens. New technology is now available to detect this hidden contamination.

Download the Whitepaper

2020 Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference Series:
Professional Development & Women in Food Safety
(Episode 9)

Sessions include A Diverse Panel for Women and Young Professionals in Food Safety; Paths to Leadership; and We Asked, You Answered—The Voice from Women in Food Safety.

2020 Food Safety Consortium Virtual Conference Series:
Food Safety Culture
(Episode 12)

A discussion on how food safety professionals can bridge the gap between the C-Suite and Food Safety.