Food Safety Magazine

Third-party audits have played, and by necessity will continue to play, a very important role in assuring the safety of the food supply.

Given the importance of risk assessment to public health decisions, food safety agencies have established mechanisms to engage the entire food industry on such issues.

Manufacturers should be able to verify the products obtained from their sanitation chemical supplier.

This article explores the details of the 2004 Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak, the methods used to link cases of illness and subsequent actions by industry to prevent future outbreaks.

HACCP truly crosses borders because it is based on universally accepted scientific precepts.

How does one distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate or unsupported claims of foodborne illness?

Electronic HACCP should also support the data collection and handling associated with assignable cause and corrective action logging.

Regardless of the method of raising meat animals, dairy livestock or poultry, the greatest contributor to humane handling is management practices.

The food industry has implemented a number of approaches to food safety inspection through the years, including finished product testing, and GMP and HACCP verification audits.

Assessment of some of the more commonly used inspection tools used in the industry today.

Nanoparticles are being studied for use in improving packaging to prolong shelf life and increase barrier properties to reduce contamination.

Food retailers, foodservice operators and consumers who purchase refrigerated, ready-to-eat foods are more aware of—and more demanding about—food safety than ever before.

This article will present information on FDA's seafood safety program and describe a new project to promote good aquaculture practices for aquaculture farms.

An update on the latest developments in meat science, compliance and food safety presented by expert panelists in a roundtable format.

New ways of looking at the tools and techniques we use daily in our quest to ensure safe food are discussed.

In risk analysis, there is a coordination of the activities associated with risk assessment, risk management and risk communication.

Foreign materials in foods are a real concern to the food processor, particularly as an important factor in the effective implementation of the company's food safety program.

This article is focused on a method that Land O'Frost has been using to manage processing plant environments to eliminate the root cause of product contamination by Listeria monocytogenes.