The International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) has announced that the Journal of Food Protection will be published as a fully open-access journal with Elsevier beginning in January 2023. IAFP sees this as another step
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has awarded the University of Maryland’s (UMD) Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) with a five-year, $41 million cooperative agreement.
The funds are given to support
Continue Reading FDA reinvests in UMD’s Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Italy have designed a food-grade device from edible materials that indicates whether a frozen product has been thawed and refrozen.
The researchers’ work, titled “Self-Powered Edible Defrosting
Continue Reading A new edible sensor shows if frozen products have previously thawed
Experts are to meet in Singapore next month to talk about the safety of cell-based food.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) will organize the event
Continue Reading Safety of cell-based — lab-grown — food on FAO and WHO agenda
Remote audits should not replace physical visits but can be used as part of a hybrid approach, said presenters at the Vienna Food Safety Forum.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Standards and Trade
Continue Reading Experience shows the pros and cons of remote audits
There needs to be an incentive for food safety data to be shared between the public and private sectors, according to speakers at the Vienna Food Safety Forum.
The event, organized by UNIDO, the Department
Continue Reading Food safety data sharing still tricky, say experts
Researchers at Iowa State University are attempting to increase hens’ welfare and health through virtual reality (VR).
In recent years, VR technology has found its way into every part of life. From video games to
Continue Reading Could virtual reality be the future of poultry health?
Writer Cookson Beecher has won two first place awards in the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW)’s annual contest for articles published by Food Safety News.
To win the first-place awards on the national
Continue Reading FSN contributor honored for reporting
Seats still remain for IAFP’s pre-meeting workshops and those looking to get a food safety head start can attend any one of the four workshops offered by IAFP in the days leading up to the
Continue Reading Spots still open for IAFP’s Pre-meeting Workshops
Improving food safety will include using better data, according to the deputy commissioner for food policy and response at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Frank Yiannas was speaking at a Health Talks webinar on
Continue Reading Better data key to improved food safety, says Yiannas