Given the recent challenges for the U.S. restaurant and foodservice industry, it is an opportune time to explore the future of food safety in this industry sector and what lies ahead—by extension—for its supply chain partners.
Leaders come and go in companies, and it is an ongoing challenge for food safety professionals to educate and engage senior leaders to take ownership of food safety.
One of the biggest areas of food waste is maintaining the cold chain. This means that all players in food supply—including producers, shippers, warehouses, retailers and consumers—have a role to fill when it comes to tackling the challenge of food waste.
Food safety is of central importance to all countries in the Americas, regardless of their level of development. Beyond threats associated with any specific product or contaminant, the most pressing challenge is to establish, promote and support a food safety culture, one in which all consumers both expect and have access to healthy food, regardless of where or by whom it is produced.
Since the new rules for FSMA were developed, food manufacturers of all sizes have been working to determine how to implement them into their culture and new food safety plans.
Can products be made safely in the home for sale at farmers’ markets? Verifying the types of foods that are low risk and can be made safely in an uninspected home can be challenging.