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Food retailers are now able to reduce shrink, and improve food quality and safety by harnessing advancements in technologies such as automation, cloud-based networks, the Internet of Things (IoT), and...
View ArticleUSDA’s Key Leadership Comments on Food Safety
Mindy Brashears, Deputy Under Sec. for Food Safety. USDA photo by Preston Keres During IAFP’s (International Association of Food Protection) recent annual meeting in Louisville, Ky., Food Quality &...
View ArticleHow License Plates Can Be Used To Meet The Food Traceability Requirement
Traceability requirements are costly. The financial risks and costs associated with food safety are increasing due to trade wars and retaliatory uncertainty. The stakes are rising for food suppliers in...
View ArticleFDA to Update FSMA in 2020 with New Standards on Traceability, Automated Methods
During the first few months of 2020, FDA will publish a blueprint detailing new standards under the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), and industry insiders expect the legislation to place...
View ArticleA Look At the New Technologies in Traceability
Keeping food safe by improving traceability is high on the agenda of government and industry groups for 2020. The reasons why likely come as no surprise: It took health officials six weeks to trace the...
View ArticleCan Blockchain Fortify the Organic Food Supply Chain?
As they browse the aisles of their local grocery stores, today’s conscious shoppers aim to make healthier and more eco-friendly purchases. Many now favor the organic variety of their favorite food and...
View ArticleFDA Proposes New Rules on Food Traceability
FDA has proposed a new rule that lays the foundation for end-to-end food traceability across the food industry as part of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative. While limited to certain foods,...
View ArticleFDA Discusses First 100 Days of Its “New Era of Smarter Food Safety”
Frank Yiannas, FDA’s deputy commissioner for food policy and response, says that the first 100 days since the FDA released its blueprint for the “New Era of Smarter Food Safety” has been a success. In...
View ArticleLeafy Green Traceability Pilot Programs Show Value in Sharing More Product...
A group of food industry organizations has released a report that outlines four months of leafy green traceability pilot programs with supply chain partners, including growers, distributors, and...
View ArticleAPHIS Seeks Comment on Proposed Animal Disease Traceability Regulations
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is proposing to amend animal disease traceability regulations and require electronic identification for interstate movement of certain cattle...
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