Food Safety
RSS

Tech tools to help processors make sense of today’s supply chain

Supply chain hurdles created by COVID-19 provide an opportunity to attack deficiencies with the latest technology

Wayne Labs, Senior Contributing Technical Editor

February 7, 2022

While we hope the COVID-19 pandemic is fading into the background, we still need to be concerned with labor shortages, transportation interruptions, political issues, weather extremes, and other peripheral circumstances that can still break critical links in the supply chain.

People and Industry News: February 2022

February 7, 2022

The people, companies and facilities making headlines.

Plant Openings & Expansions: February 2022

February 7, 2022

Plant openings and expansions in food and beverage manufacturing.

Regulatory Watch

FDA takes steps to facilitate export of food under China’s new registration requirements -Decree 248

February 3, 2022

The FDA is asking establishments currently exporting certain food products to China to voluntarily submit information.

Recalls

Conagra voluntarily recalls limited Wish Bone salad dressings due to undeclared egg allergen

There are no reports of injury or illness to date

January 31, 2022

Conagra Brands, Inc. has voluntarily recalled a limited amount of Wish-Bone Thousand Island and Chunky Blue Cheese dressings due to egg in the product, which is not declared on the product label.

Certified Group and Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), a Certified Group Company, announced the appointment of John R. Nelson as chief operating officer

People News

Certified Group appoints John R. Nelson as chief operating officer

He joins the company to drive organizational excellence and financial performance

January 24, 2022

Certified Group and Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), a Certified Group Company, announced the appointment of John R. Nelson as chief operating officer.

Slovenia has norovirus outbreak from packaging

Food Safety

Contaminated food packaging in Slovenia suspected

January 19, 2022

Norovirus was the cause of more than 120 illnesses in late December 2021 in the town of Ilirska Bistric, Slovenia, according to findings of an investigation by The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ), the Administration for Food Safety, Veterinary Sector and Plant Protection (UVHVVR) and the National Laboratory of Health, Environment and Food (NLZOH).

Food Fraud

How sweet—or potent—is your honey?

While adulterated honey can have unreported sugar added, that’s not the only thing that’s been found in the sweetener

Wayne Labs

January 13, 2022

Honey can be a vehicle of food fraud or contain illegal ingredients

People and Industry News: January 2022

January 11, 2022

The people, companies and facilities making headlines.

FDA's Closer to Zero public meeting recording available

January 10, 2022

A recording of the public meeting “Closer to Zero Action Plan: Impacts of Toxic Element Exposure and Nutrition at Different Crucial Developmental Stages” is now available on the FDA’s meeting page.

On Demand Kelley Rodriguez, Editor in Chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, will be joined in this 60-minute webinar by industry experts to help unpack the latest research.

On Demand Driven by climate goals, business risk, client interest, and resilience considerations, food and beverage companies are increasingly turning their attention to decarbonizing their production processes.