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Compliance

Featured Articles

August 11, 2026
Dole Organic Lettuce

FDA Finalizes Guidance for Ready-to-Eat Fresh-Cut Produce Operations under Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The final guidance reflects public comments received on the October 2018 draft guidance and replaces the 2008 FDA fresh-cut produce guidance. This guidance represents the agency’s current thinking on the issues related to preventing contamination in fresh cut produce. FDA’s guidance documents, including this guidance, do not establish legally enforceable responsibilities. Instead, guidance documents describe the agency's current thinking on a topic and should be viewed only as recommendations, unless specific regulatory or statutory requirements are cited. The use of the word should in FDA guidance means that something is suggested or recommended but not specifically required.

August 10, 2026

Beyond the Survey: What Supplier Compliance Behavior Reveals About Food Safety Culture — Before It Becomes a Recall

By Santoshi Muriki

Most food safety culture assessments still lean on annual surveys and self-reported audit responses — snapshots of what people say, taken once or twice a year. Supplier compliance behavior tells a more current story: how fast a vendor answers a document request, how often the same corrective action keeps coming back, and how long a supplier sits in an at-risk tier before anything changes. This article lays out a practical way to read that behavior as a culture signal, based on firsthand work redesigning a risk-tiered supplier verification system across a network of more than 1,000 suppliers.

July 31, 2026
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The FDA is implementing a major reorganization plan called “Simple Reform” on October 1, 2026

By Food Safety Tech Staff, Rick Biros

The FDA is implementing a major reorganization plan called “Simple Reform” on October 1, 2026, which shifts field inspectors from specialized product roles back to generalist investigators and centralizes administrative functions. The food and beverage industry should expect a shift in audit dynamics, meaning audits will likely focus less on highly specific, niche technical processes and more on foundational, broad-spectrum quality systems. Dr. Stephen Ostroff and Frank Yiannas, both former Deputy Commissioners at FDA offer their opinions on Simple Reform.

July 1, 2026
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Foods Program Guidance Under Development

By Food Safety Tech Staff

FDA announced a list of guidance topics includes possible new topics for guidance documents or revisions to existing guidance documents that the FDA’s Human Foods Program is considering, including Food Chemical Safety, Dietary Supplements, and Innovation and Microbiological Food Safety.

June 27, 2026
Farming, sustainability

Trump wants to Reduce Pesticides but Glyphosate is ok

By Food Safety Tech Staff

On the same day the SCOTUS sided with the Trump administration and the maker of the weedkiller Roundup, Trump issued an executive order aimed at reducing pesticides in the food supply and studying the health risks they pose but with no new federal funding, and it does not call for new regulations or legislation.

May 27, 2026
Food Packaging

FDA Advances Post-Market Review of Phthalates Used in Food Contact Materials

By Food Safety Tech Staff

This work will inform the agency’s upcoming post-market safety assessment of the food contact uses of phthalates, which is part of the agency’s commitment to ensuring that chemicals in the U.S. food supply remain safe as new scientific information becomes available.

December 31, 2025
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FDA Opens VQIP Application Portal for FY2027

By Food Safety Tech Staff

FDA encourages eligible food importers to take advantage of this extended application window to apply for FY2027 VQIP benefits.

November 20, 2025
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SQF Edition 10 Delayed

SQF Edition 10 has been delayed due to an extension in the GFSI benchmarking application timeline, which now runs through March 2026. The new edition emphasizes food safety culture, change management, and environmental monitoring, and it consolidates documentation requirements to create a more proactive and holistic approach to food safety. 

August 12, 2025
Hands Globe

Global Sustainability Regulations Impacting the Food Industry

By Harold Chase, MPH

Sustainability is at the forefront of every industry, including the food industry, as it is driven by consumer demand and regulatory pressures. Food industry professionals must be knowledgeable and flexible about the current regulatory drivers to ensure compliance with these requirements and maintain competitiveness in the market.

June 25, 2025
Track and Trace, traceability, supply chain

Traceability Is a Competitive Advantage, Not Just a Regulation

By Ellie Gabel

Most food and beverage organizations consider traceability requirements an expensive, time-consuming regulatory obligation. However, early adopters will win customer commitments and solidify a competitive advantage as the sector becomes more transparent.

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May 10, 2024
Food Safety Culture Club

Enhancing Food Safety Culture in the Food Service Industry: A Call to Action           

By Francine L. Shaw
Francine Shaw

Food safety culture isn’t just for manufacturers and processors. The food service industry also needs to develop a culture that prioritizes food safety at every level, from management to front-line employees. Here’s how to get started.

April 15, 2024
FST Soapbox

Food Safety: The Responsibilities of Government vs. The Private Sector

By Sayed M Naim Khalid
Sayed M Naim Khalid

Fostering a robust food safety culture requires collaboration and accountability across the entire supply chain, as well as among government inspectors, private auditors, and consumers.

April 1, 2024
FST Soapbox

The Delicate Dance of Global Food Safety

By Paul Bradley
Paul Bradley

The global food safety landscape is at a crossroads and headed for extinction if changes do not take place within the next decade. But by focusing on prevention, capacity building, collaboration, and innovation, we can work towards a future where everyone has access to safe and nutritious food.

March 24, 2024
Food Safety Think Tank

The Importance of Proper Documentation in Food Inspections

By Food Safety Tech Staff
Don't Eat Poop logo

A contentious battle between a food safety inspector and the local city council in Lewiston, Maine, has highlighted the challenges inspectors and auditors face and the importance of documentation.

March 18, 2024
Allergen Alley

HPLC-MS: Advancing Routine Food Allergen Testing

By Jens Brockmeyer, Eva-Maria Niehaus
Jens Brockmeyer

A research team at the University of Stuttgart is seeking to improve the methods used to screen for allergens primarily through the use of mass spectrometry (MS) and has developed a new workflow for allergen testing that delivers results quickly and efficiently.

Upcoming FST Events & Webinars

September 17, 2026 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Effective Change Management (CM) for a strong Food Safety Management System (FSMS)

Effective change management is one of the most critical and most overlooked elements of a strong Food Safety Management System (FSMS). In the webinar we will be outlining the foundational principles that every organization must follow to ensure that changes to products, processes, equipment, materials, or personnel do not compromise food safety. This webinar will explore those core principles and connect them to today’s regulatory and industry expectations.

October 21, 2026 – October 23, 2026
Food Safety Consortium Conference

Plan to attend the Food Safety Consortium Conference in Washington DC. This year's program will include the rise of AI in food safety and quality management, risk management and FSMA 15 years, later, where is food safety going? The event will focus on the convergence of policy, science, and best practices. With the conference being held near Washington, D.C., the program continues to emphasis on policy discussions, reflecting the growing need to address regulatory and legislative issues. The program will also prioritize the sharing of best practices, offering attendees the chance to learn from one another and engage in collaborative problem-solving on hot-button issues.

On Demand Events & Webinars

May 28, 2026 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
FoodChain ID – The Packaging Decisions You Make Today Will Set Your EPR Costs Tomorrow: Data, Specs, and Eco-Modulation
May 5, 2026 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Food Safety Audits: Horror Stories and Lessons Learned
April 15, 2026 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Visibility Gap: Why Fragmented Food Safety Systems Leave You Exposed
April 8, 2026 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Touchless, Continuous Pathogen Control: Introducing DHP®, a Novel Method for Enhancing Sanitation Programs
March 26, 2026 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Foreign Material Contamination: How CT Inspection Unlocks New Visibility






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