Article Category: Food Industry News
USDA’s Proposed GMO Labeling Rule
The Long Waited USDA’s Proposed GMO Labeling Rule Open for Comments: The goal of this law is to determine a standardized way…
Salmonella Outbreak in Georgia
Salmonella Outbreak in Georgia: Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak in Georgia that has infected at least 70 people so far…
Food Defense, Intentional Adulteration, Food Fraud, and Economically Motivated Adulteration
The who, what, when, where, and why of these concepts and ensuring food companies are prepared to defend themselves adequately against new…
Increasing Options for Cleaning & Sanitizing Truck Interiors
A month has passed since the final rule went into effect for FSMA’s Sanitary Transportation implementation; the first of its kind for…
Ground Beef Recalled Due to Potential Plastic Contamination
A Class II (low health risk) recall was initiated voluntarily from JBS USA Inc following a customer complaint involving plastic found within…
The 42nd Annual Food Processing Top 100 Companies List for 2017:
An analysis of the Top 100 Companies can be found by following the link. Within this link on Food Processing’s website, you…
UTZ and Weis Brand Tortilla Chips RECALL Alert
Possible contamination of chips with an unlabeled allergen -milk- is the premise for this voluntary recall initiation. The chips with the date…
Disaster Response and Food Safety Agency Responsibilities
Unknown to many, the underlying responsibility of the FDA and USDA during disasters is ensuring the safety of food in the affected…
Scanning Your Food With A Phone to Determine Presence of Pathogens: Something out of a sci-fi movie or real life?
Scientists at McMaster University in Canada have demonstrated “a proof-of-concept packaging hack” that would alert consumers to the presence of significant pathogens…
Panera Bread in Trouble?
Potential E. coil Outbreak at Panera Bread in NJ: Four NJ Counties have been potentially linked to the E. coil outbreak. The…