Food Quality & Safety Blog Intake Best Practices: Plotting a Course The intake process helps set measurable goals, calculate risks, and map necessary resources to see safety management systems to fruition.
Organic Food’s Rapid Rise Brings Growing Pains Public debates are raging on over the accuracy and usefulness of product labels.
From the Editor: Welcome New Additions to Food Quality & Safety New contributors, editorial board, and columinsts are adding to the publication’s content.
Toxoplasma Food Safety Updates Impacts on this globally pervasive parasite on T. gondii-infected animals and concerns surrounding human behavior.
Toxoplasma Risk Assessments and Promising Pharmaceuticals A look at the risk of acquiring a T. gondii infection and promising new drug candidates in the pipeline to treat Toxoplasmosis.
Cold Chain Challenge: Meeting Increased Demand for Fresh and Frozen Food With too many fresh and frozen goods with too few assets to store and transport them, storage and transportation is a challenge for food shippers.
Scottish Government Identifies Case of Mad Cow Disease A quarantine area has been put in place around the farm while inspectors identify origin of the disease.
Modified Cotton Could be Human Food Source After U.S. Green Light U.S. regulators clear the way for farmers to grow a cotton plant genetically modified to make cottonseed edible.
Upcoming Meeting to Discuss Animal Cell Culture in Products FDA and USDA public meeting will discuss cell culture technology in developing products from livestock and poultry.
Will USMCA Be Better Partnership Than NAFTA? The food and beverage industry seems to be in agreement with the proposed, trilateral deal.
World Could Feed Itself if People Ate Less Meat, Cut Waste Study says people should eat less meat, halve food waste, and adopt better farming practices.
SQF International Conference October 23-October 25, 2018 • Atlanta, GA The SQF International Conference is an education and networking event providing SQF stakeholders and food safety professionals with practical knowledge and skills to improve the efficacy of their food safety and quality assurance programs and ensure compliance with government food safety regulations, corporate policies, and the SQF Code.
Fundamentals, Features and the Future of the Microwavable Food Marketplace Short Course October 24-October 26, 2018 • Campbell’s World Headquarters; Camden,, NJ A must-attend event for anyone working with microwavable foods. Join us at Campbell’s World HQ for this 2-day course. Topics include: food safety, safe preparation instructions, testing dielectric properties, smart oven technology, industrial, solid state, RF and mw applications, advancements in packaging and more.
Professional Food Safety Auditor Training November 12-November 13, 2018 • chicago; Chicago, IL The two-day Professional Food Safety Auditor Training is designed to strengthen and enhance the skills, knowledge, and critical thinking behaviors attributed to qualified food safety auditors in the post-FSMA environment.
