The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the finalists in the agency’s first Food Safety Challenge, an effort to better protect the food supply by fostering innovation in … Continue Reading →
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, has awarded Robert Whitaker with a 2015 NSF Food Safety Leadership Award for Training and Education. IFT Daily News
World Health Day, observed on April 7 each year to mark the anniversary of the 1948 founding of the World Health Organization (WHO), gives everyone an opportunity to reflect on … Continue Reading →
According to Reuters, U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed bringing together the country’s food safety operations into one agency to better monitor food quality in a move that would reshape … Continue Reading →
Scientists from IBM Research and Mars Inc. have established the Consortium for Sequencing the Food Supply Chain, a collaborative food safety platform that will leverage advances in genomics to further … Continue Reading →
The Grocery Manufacturers Association said Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese National Food Industry Association aimed at intensifying their joint food safety efforts. read more … Continue Reading →
Food Safety Net Services (FSNS) has appointed Alex Brandt as Director of Technical Services. IFT Daily News
According to Reuters, McDonald’s will increase the number of audits it conducts of suppliers in China, after a food scandal in July dented China sales. IFT Daily News
The Grocery Manufacturers Association announced a series of initiatives Wednesday to advance the procedures used to assess the safety of food ingredients. read more Supermarket News
According to Reuters, OSI Group LLC, a U.S.-based meat supplier, has suspended operations at its Chinese subsidiary—Shanghai Husi Food—after a food safety scandal emerged in July. IFT Daily News
