This year the World Health Organization recognized the need for food safety throughout the global food supply chain.
Blue Bell Recalls All Products Over Listeria Concerns
Blue Bell pulls all of its frozen treats from the shelves of grocery stores and retail outlets nationwide.
Untangling the Net of Seafood Fraud
Achieving complete traceability is a must to combating seafood fraud. How is industry getting there?
FDA Advises Egg Safety for Easter
FDA estimates that 142,000 illnesses each year are caused by consuming eggs contaminated with Salmonella. While there are regulations in place to help prevent contamination of eggs on the farm and during shipping and storage, the most effective way to prevent egg-related illness is by knowing how to buy, store, handle and cook eggs safely.
Kraft and Heinz Merger Forms World’s 5th Largest Food Company
The new Kraft Heniz Co. will house several iconic brands such as Oscar Meyer meats, Velveeta, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Planters and Philadelphia. Eight of its combined brands will be worth more than $1 billion each, while five will be worth approximately $500 million to $1 billion each.
Cities Using Social Media to Police Restaurants
The U.S. is catching on, using Yelp to check health inspection scores for eateries in San Francisco, Louisville, Kentucky, and several other communities.
InstantLabs Launches DNA-based Atlantic and Coho Salmon SpeciesID Test Kits to Combat Seafood Mislabeling
The company has broadened species identification product line created in partnership with University of Guelph and plans to release additional test kits during the year.
About 170,000 pounds of Beef Recalled in Chicago
Chicago-based El Cubano Wholesale Meats is recalling 169,620 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 according to the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
Color Choices When It Comes to Food
When it comes to getting your product off the shelf and into consumers’ homes, color has a lot to do with first impressions. So when deciding on packaging or even food coloring, what colors should food manufacturers choose?
The GMO issue is becoming the most expensive, contentious and important debate in the history of the natural products industry, as more and more food companies are exploring ways respond to the growing consumer demand for information about GM status on a “right-to-know” basis.
