This article looks at the data from USDA FSIS and FDA through mid-year 2021. Surveillance and inspection data allows food safety professionals to identify trends in both regulatory activities as well as pathogen prevalence.
Union representatives are concerned over the fact that the vaccines have not received full FDA approval. Companies continue to grapple with labor shortages.
New technologies aid in the detection of food fraud.
A decade of success in the fight against food fraud.
Higher consumption of processed meat and poultry worldwide, along with the looming threat of pathogens like E. coli, are reinforcing the emphasis on food safety testing solutions.
Innovations in cold storage are helping warehouses maintain food quality and safety, while keeping up with the increased demand.
There is concern that the products may be contaminated with Salmonella.
For the PCQI, quality food production is a complex and often inquiry-based process where habits of mind can be a pro or con. Are you asking the right questions of your suppliers? Is your food safety team confident that your receiving facility is properly verifying that each supplier is effectively controlling each hazard you have identified that requires a control? What can you do when suppliers have not provided sufficient evidence for you to be satisfied with supply chain verification?
The need for rapid testing to detect pathogens in food products has boosted the importance of PCR-based methods to counter challenges in food safety.
The guide includes links to federal resources in food and agriculture, and case studies concerning food adulteration, IP theft and active shooter incidents that were carried about by insiders.
