On December 23, 2022, the Senate voted to confirm Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban as the USDA's Under Secretary for Food Safety. The action came on the last day before the 177th Congress expired.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA’s FSIS) has announced that January 1, 2026 will be the uniform compliance date for new meat and poultry product labeling regulations published January 1, 2023–December 31, 2024.

Three U.S. agencies have forged a partnership to improve global food safety standards in middle- and low-income nations.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published four new webpages dedicated to each of the Core Elements of the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently highlighted a voluntary guidance document on food safety best practices for direct-to-consumer and third-party food delivery services.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final guidance, titled, Best Practices for Convening a GRAS Panel. GRAS panels evaluate the food safety of substances.

On January 1, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will open the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) application portal for fiscal year (FY) 2024.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft guidance that outlines a risk assessment approach to evaluate the microbial food safety risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) posed by new antimicrobial animal drugs. The draft guidance is open for comment.

The European Commission has established maximum levels for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in certain foods.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has (CFIA) has updated its Automated Shipment Inspection Status Search Tool (ASSIST) with an enhanced feature called the CFIA Shipment Tracker for Food, Plant, and Animal products.