Tracing the origin of the food in order to avoid buying products from certain producers that are considered unsafe has become a consumers’ target after last weekend protests against Monsanto biotech company’s production policy.   GMO labeling efforts have been stalled in Congress, state legislatures and ballot initiaves. So if […]

Events – Food industry, academia and government experts from all over the globe will be gathering together in Chicago for the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) 2013 Annual Meeting & Food Expo.   Food professionals from all over the globe will be gathering together in Chicago for the Institute of […]

Two hundred people presented food poisoning symptoms after dining at one of Las Vegas’ most popular tapas restaurant. Trace back still in process.   Two weeks after shutting down the restaurant and collecting food samples, investigators still cannot conclude which ingredient caused this salmonella outbreak. They are taking  into consideration […]

The company said it has developed a robust system for tracking progress toward the reformulation of Great Value and national brand products.   Reformulating thousands of packaged food items to improve its Great Value brand nutritional quality by the end of 2015 is the primary goal for Wal-Mart relating the […]

Fish fraud rates are alarming in the United States, according to Beth Lowell of Oceana report.   Fish fraud: why should I care about this? When you get some fish, whether yo go out to a restaurant or you buy it at the grocery store, you expect to know that […]

Produce traceability details for growers to understand tracking requirements.   Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) adoption by large growers is required by large retailers. For many small and midsized growers, the retail markets they supply may not require PTI. Understanding the requirements for tracking produce from the farm field to its […]

Food tracing improvements are spotlighted in the report   Food tracing times are disturbingly slow. Twenty-two weeks took federal health officials to determine the contaminated food source after the first person was infected in a 2011 outbreak of salmonella that swept across 34 states, sickened 136 people and led to […]

“This administration is wise to embrace the idea, even indirectly, that horses belong in the stable and not on the table,” said Wayne Pacelle   Buried in President Obama’s nearly 1,500-page budget released this week are two very specific food safety-related requests. The administration wants to keep the U.S. Department […]

Good traceability practises key to threat identification.   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted three videos featuring people affected by foodborne illness Wednesday in an effort to educate food retailers on the potentially devastating effects of an outbreak. Two of the videos feature family members of Zella Ploghoft of […]

Canada warned the United States Tuesday about a pest problem previously not seen in North America involving apple trees.  The organism does not poise any immediate threat to human health.   The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has been notified by the Canadian […]