Four-and-a-half years after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, the first two major rules have been finalized. On Aug. 31, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials announced that they had submitted the final rules on preventive controls in human and animal food to the Federal […]

Michael R. Taylor spoke at the China International Food Safety and Quality Conference and Expo in Shanghai about meeting the food safety challenges that all nations face. The success or failure of our efforts to keep foods safe all over the world rests on the strength of our global partnerships […]

On Monday, November 3 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, PMA is hosting a webinar where you’ll hear directly from FDA, be able to ask questions, and learn how you can positively affect change regarding these important FSMA rule proposals If you attended Fresh Summit last week in Anaheim, California, you may recall we […]

The four updated proposed rules include: produce-safety; preventive controls for human food; preventive controls for animal food; and the foreign supplier verification program.   Based on extensive outreach and public comment, on September 19, 2014 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed revisions to four proposed rules designed to help […]

The United States received an overall world ranking score of Average.   The food traceability regulations of 21 OECD countries were examined with attention to whether these regulations are comprehensive for all food commodities and processed foods. The countries were evaluated based on responses to a series of questions that […]

That is a technique that is showing enormous promise in order to provide reliable data on traceability, authenticity, and origin of foods and beverages.   As consumers demand more certainty over where their food and beverages originate from and the genuineness of ingredients, there is a need for analytical techniques that […]

This tool assists organizations in the seafood industry in understanding the financial impact (costs and benefits) of implementing traceability.   The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC) today announced the launch of a Seafood Traceability Financial Tool. This tool assists organizations in the seafood industry in […]

In recent weeks beef has made headlines worldwide. Most of the news appears to be rather negative about such an important source of protein.   Consumers complain of higher prices for cuts of meat, environmentalists are using data sources to point to major environmental damage caused by raising beef, and […]

In June, PMA Vice President of Supply Chain Efficiencies Ed Treacy (who serves on the GFTC board) participated in a roundtable discussion with executives from the four other GFTC sponsoring organizations and those comments were recently published on the IFT website.   As many Field to Fork readers know, PMA […]

The future of food: farm-to-table will trickle down, food that’s good for us will taste better, we might see ads for broccoli, we’ll see the end of the diet.   The way we eat — the kind of food we buy, where we get it, how it’s prepared — has […]