Food Safety

The bill, “The Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards and Targeting Act of 2008,” was introduced by U.S. Reps. Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Adam Putnam (R-Fla.).

A BCC Research study reports that the U.S. market for food safety testing will have a compound average annual growth rate of 5.8 percent over the next five years.

A Food and Drug Administration plan to close half its laboratories is an assault on food safety that probably would expose more Americans to harm.

As part of NSF's ongoing public health and safety commitment, the annual awards program recognizes key individuals and organizations who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in foodservice safety. ...

At its booth in McCormick this afternoon, NSF International announced the six winners of the third annual Food Safety Leadership Awards.

It’s appropriate that Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) was developed by NASA to keep astronauts from coming down with foodborne illness in outer space because sometimes it really ...

According to a FDA report, 21.9 percent of quick-service restaurants were cited for contaminated equipment and 31.2 percent for poor personal hygiene in 2004, and the Centers For Disease Control es ...

RFID is rapidly gaining ground in the manufacturing and distributing world, where the technology is being used to track inventory through the placement of RFID tags on boxes and pallets. ...

The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (NRAEF) encourages restaurant and foodservice professionals to participate in the 11th annual National Food Safety Education MonthTM this September. ...

The food processor’s proprietary TrueTaste technology eliminates the need for chemical preservatives in sliced deli meats.