IAFNS is proud to support National Food Safety Education Month to boost awareness about preventing foodborne illnesses and to promote safe food handling practices. IAFNS urges you to Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill to guard against food poisoning. The month of September serves as a reminder to reduce the risk of sickness from contaminated food, which affects millions of North Americans each year.
Founded in 1884 with beginnings in the USDA and US FDA, AOAC INTERNATIONAL is an independent, non-profit membership association of analytical science professionals across government, industry, and academia worldwide. Its mission is to advance food safety and product integrity through standards, validated test methods, and laboratory quality programs.
Whether the end consumer is a child snacking on peanut butter crackers or a dog chewing jerky treats, the hazards—and many of the prevention strategies—overlap far more than most realize. Understanding these connections can strengthen food safety across sectors, protecting both people and pets.
High-starch diets could reduce dangerous bacteria in beef cattle, offering new food safety strategies.
Director Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the CDC, brings decades of frontline experience in disaster preparedness, biosecurity, and health innovation.
This MOU establishes a strategic framework for developing, validating, and recognizing methods FSIS laboratories, as well as regulated establishments, use to verify the effectiveness of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) based food safety systems.
New research is identifying workable solutions to the presence of heavy metals in vegetables and rice that can be applied by all stakeholders from growers to consumers.
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New research suggests that the most effective treatments for reducing levels of the toxic metal arsenic in rice are cultivar selection, irrigation management, cooking approach and the application of selenium or silicon soil amendments.
These processes will help to ensure that FDA is taking a risk-informed approach in reviewing data and information about the safety of chemicals in the food supply to protect the health of consumers.
