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Featured Articles

January 13, 2026

Apply for IAFNS Emerging Leaders Award for Food Safety and Nutrition Science

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The Institute for the Advancement of Food & Nutrition Sciences has opened the applications process for its Emerging Leaders Award to recognize excellence in food safety and nutrition sciences

December 30, 2025
Microscope, pepper

Authentic Food, Safer Shelves: How Testing Prevents Fraud

By Baidini Ghosh

Food fraud, driven primarily by economic gain, can rapidly escalate from quality concerns into serious public health crises when adulteration goes undetected. Modern analytical technologies such as spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spectrometry, and PCR are effective tools to authenticate ingredients and detect adulteration before products reach consumers. This article highlights that food fraud prevention is most effective at the ingredient level and explores practical applications, cost considerations, and implementation strategies for building a safer and more transparent food system.

November 25, 2025

Jay Hardy, Founder of Hardy Diagnostics, Retires

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Jay started Hardy Diagnostics in 1980 with what began as a small lab in Santa Barbara has grown into an employee-owned company serving customers around the world.

October 3, 2025
Cooked shrimp

FDA Announces First Use of Import Certification Authority for Certain Shrimp and Spices Potentially Contaminated with Cesium-137

By Food Safety Tech Staff

The agency will require import certification for shrimp and spices from certain regions of Indonesia, based on the risk of potential contamination of the food with Cesium-137

October 3, 2025

IAFNS’ Resources Support National Food Safety Education Month

By Food Safety Tech Staff

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.

October 3, 2025
AOAC International

Analytical Science Leaders Honored at AOAC Internationals 2025 Annual Meeting

By Food Safety Tech Staff

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.

September 11, 2025

Shared Science for Shared Safety: Strategies for Pet and Human Food Safety

By Caitlin Karolenko, PhD, Wendelyn Jones, PhD

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.

August 7, 2025
Veterinary Drugs Analysis, Food Safety

Texas A&M Researchers Study Diet’s Impact On Salmonella Prevalence In Cattle

By Megan Bennett

High-starch diets could reduce dangerous bacteria in beef cattle, offering new food safety strategies.

July 31, 2025

Secretary Kennedy Swears in Susan Monarez as CDC Director

By Food Safety Tech Staff

Director Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed director of the CDC, brings decades of frontline experience in disaster preparedness, biosecurity, and health innovation. 

July 24, 2025
AOAC International

AOAC INTERNATIONAL and USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Establish MOU for Food Test Methods

By Food Safety Tech Staff

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.

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Columns

August 14, 2024
FST Soapbox

Transforming Food Safety Testing: Designing the Modern Lab

By Daniel Aubert, Ph.D., Grant Hedblom, Ph.D.

Food safety professionals must be always focused on continuous improvement. This includes transforming labs into modern spaces and utilizing innovative methods that make the industry more efficient.

July 25, 2023
In the Food Lab

Addressing Food Safety Challenges During Research and Development

By Food Safety Tech Staff
Food lab

Panelists at the IAFP Conference “From Bench-top to Scale Up: The Unspoken Food Safety Challenges of Research and Development” session highlighted areas of regulatory and food safety risk during R&D, as well as potential solutions to prevent delays in bringing new products to market.

May 9, 2023
Women in Food Safety

I Enjoy Being Afraid

By Food Safety Tech Staff
Tami Dumond

Tami Dumond, Director of Quality Assurance at Omeat and Founder of Qronika Consulting, discusses her career, how to bring the entire team in on food safety and quality training, and why all jobs and experiences contribute to making you a better leader.

April 22, 2022
FST Soapbox

What Is Your Company’s Level of Digital Risk Maturity?

By Steven Sklare
Steven Sklare, Food Safety Academy

When assessing digital tools and maturity, what is not clear to many organizations is how to get started and how to create a road map that leads to improved results, more efficient operations and perhaps most importantly, to ongoing improvement in the production of safe food.

March 28, 2022
Food Fraud Quick Bites

A Special Aura To Track Authenticity

By Susanne Kuehne
Susanne Kuehne, Decernis

A blockchain solution is set up to fight counterfeit products.

Upcoming FST Events & Webinars

April 20, 2026 – 1:00 pm – April 22, 2026 – 12:00 pm
Food Safety Hazards Conference

This conference will focus on the detection, mitigation, control and regulations of food safety hazards through technology, best practices and data analytics. The Hazards include Listeria, e-Coli, Salmonella, Allergens, Chemicals and Foreign Matter. The conference scope includes both human and pet foods. Food Safety Tech invites you to submit abstracts for consideration for the 2026 Food Safety Hazards Conference, April 20-22, 2026 in St. Louis, MO. Abstract Submission Deadline is Friday, December 12, 2025. The link connects you to the Abstract Submission Form

October 22, 2026 – October 24, 2026
Food Safety Consortium Conference

Food Safety Tech is excited to announce that the 2026 Food Safety Consortium will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia, from October 22-24. The 2026 event will focus on the convergence of policy, science, and best practices. With the conference being held near Washington, D.C., this year will place a renewed 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. A Call For Abstracts will be announced soon.

On Demand Events & Webinars

December 18, 2025 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
GFSI: Preparing for the Future
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Frustrated with audit “repeats”? Are you tired of saying “But we fixed that!!!”?
September 10, 2025 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Innovating for Unmatched Roach Control in Every Environment
April 23, 2025 – 12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Food Safety Supply Chain Management Virtual Conference






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