Food safety excellence isn’t achieved by meeting minimum standards. It’s built through a good food safety culture. This article explores why food and beverage companies should move beyond compliance to embed safety into their daily operations, using visibility, accountability, and digital tools to drive continuous improvement.
Dr. Mindy Brashears, Under Secretary for Food Safety, USDA and Dr. Donald A. Prater, Principal Deputy Director for Human Foods, FDA will present at the Food Safety Hazards Conference, April 20-22 in St. Louis MO. The format is a fireside chat with a town hall Q&A, moderated by Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy, Consumer Reports.
What happens when cleaning is not enough to keep food manufacturing environments safe? Teams can deploy the most well-researched sanitizers, and yet, persistent hard water introduces contamination concerns. Fortunately, it is possible to fight with the right tools.
The FDA issued guidance addressing stakeholder questions regarding implementation of the Food Traceability Rule and a notice exempting certain cottage cheese products from the requirements of the Food Traceability Rule. FDA is also announcing a series of engagements with stakeholders to fulfill a directive from Congress.
Imagine asking your WMS a simple question: “Are any Costco orders at risk of missing their shipment deadlines today?” The next era of warehouse management goes beyond automation. It’s adaptive, collaborative, and designed to make the complex feel effortless.
FDA announced in a press release the third webinar in FDA and Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness co-hosted Food Safety Culture Webinar Series. This is the third in the ongoing series of interactive, hour-long webinars throughout the year designed to deepen your knowledge and strengthen your commitment to food safety. Each session will feature industry experts who will share valuable insights, real-world tools and actionable strategies to enhance food safety culture across your organization.
Food Safety 4.0 represents a new operating philosophy, not simply a new set of tools. I introduce this term intentionally and for the first time, recognizing that language shapes action. What an organization names, it prioritizes; what it prioritizes, it invests in; and what it invests in, it ultimately leads.
With federal policies and priorities continuing to shift under the current administration, companies need to stay focused on protecting consumers and their businesses. While regulatory agencies have committed to improving the recall process, the industry must still shoulder the responsibility of protecting consumers when something goes wrong. The way recalls are managed impacts consumer trust, public health, business continuity, and brands’ reputations, for better or worse. The negative impact of recalls often grows exponentially when companies and their trading partners are reactive vs. prepared. That’s where resilient supply chains come in.
FSQA executives are prioritizing digitization, data integration, and predictive technologies, not as “nice to have” tools, but as foundational capabilities for protecting public health and brand trust. Over the longer term, organizations that adopt preventive, data-driven food safety systems early are expected to experience fewer large-scale recalls and more targeted product withdrawals, reducing both public health impact and business disruption.
Communication and recordkeeping challenges are common in the cold chain. What if they didn’t have to be? IoT sensors could solve virtually every monitoring problem.
