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Food Waste and the Future


Posted: 02/28/2025
Food waste isn’t just a monetary issue – it’s also intrinsically linked with global warming. Nearly 30 million tons of food is wasted per year, with the vast majority headed to landfills. This is almost 1/3 of the total US food supply, and while numbers had drastically decreased during the pandemic, the current per capita waste has come....
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Technology and the Future of Food Safety


Posted: 01/24/2025
Advancements in technology are happening at a rapid rate, and one area that could benefit is in food safety. A grant was just funded in order to develop an AI-based image detection model that would be able to identify Salmonella bacteria before any contaminated food made it into the supply. Currently the model is beeing worked with onions, and the....
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Bird Flu and safety for farm workers


Posted: 07/18/2024
As positive cases in poultry and cows increase across the country, more workers are exposed to the virus when having to cull infected flocks and herds. In Colorado, human cases have doubled in the past week due to increased heat combined with inadequate PPE use -- feathers flying around are one of the ways that avian flu can be transmitted....
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Corporate Food Safety Failures and the Future


Posted: 04/05/2024
In a recent opinion piece from FoodSafetyNews.com, the author Detwiler outlines some of the most recent major food safety failures from corporations -- such as the 1993 Jack in the Box outbreak of E coli, and the 2015/2018 multiple outbreaks from Chipotle -- as well as the financial and business repurcussions from them. While the fines for company negligence....
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Microbes and the Future of Cheese


Posted: 03/22/2024
Blue cheese like Roquefort and certain soft cheeses like Camembert and Brie rely on microorganisms to successfully become the delicious cheeses they are. Earlier this year, studies were released detailing that the genetic diversity of these fungal strains are at great risk of dying out – humans have domesticated them for consistency, but in the process there is a serious....
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FDA approves medication for food allergies


Posted: 02/23/2024
There’s a new allergen medication that was just approved by the FDA to assist in reducing the symptoms of allergic reactions. Xolair has been approved as treatment for over 20 years for people with persistent allergic asthma, and it was just approved for treatment of certain food allergies as well. “Repeated use of the medication can help reduce....
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FDA and Improving Food Safety


Posted: 10/31/2023
The FDA has been working to have a larger focus on creating a more “modernized, effective foods program at the US Food and Drug Administration focused on preventing food-borne illness outbreaks and other food safety risks.” Since about 80% of all food consumed in the US falls under FDA regulation, the push for policy education, improving transparency, and....
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How one New England grocery chain is combatting food waste


Posted: 02/10/2023
As members of the food and beverage industry, food waste is always a big concern – and not just because our food costs go through the roof when we have to compost or throw it away. It also important to remember our role in they physical results of this if we’re not composting. Landfills are filling up quickly, and....
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2022 FDA Food Code


Posted: 01/06/2023
The 2022 Food Code was released at the end of December 2022, and with it come a number of changes to the previous iteration (2017 Food Code). These changes are the current recommendation as of January 2023, but any changes to the ServSafeŽ curriculum and exam have yet to be announced. Major updates have a lot to do with terminology....
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Third Party Delivery Services and Food Safety


Posted: 12/14/2022
Ordering food for third party delivery is a continually growing part of the modern food industry. Utilization of Uber Eats, DoorDash, GrubHub, private delivery services, not to mention the massive rise of ghost kitchens solely for food delivery, there are infinite options available for our customers. While we are all making sure food is kept safe in our kitchens by....
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