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5 Hidden Contamination Risks in Warehouses That Most Managers Overlook!

Warehouse contamination can be difficult to detect. While it’s easy to spot the obvious problems, like spills and dirt, the real threats often hide in plain sight, usually in the w...

Ten Critical Food Safety Risks and Opportunities in Aseptic Manufacturing

In aseptic systems, product sterilization is only one part of a much larger control strategy. FDA's Acidified and Low-Acid Canned Foods framework outlines the regulatory requiremen...

Beyond Detection: Putting Dietary Pesticide Residues into Risk Context

This article discusses toxicology and human exposure to pesticide residues in foods, including policy context and risk communication recommendations.

FAO Highlights Food Safety Risks of Recycled, Renewable Plastics Used for Food Packaging

Chemical migration and microplastics shedding from recycled plastic food contact materials pose potential food safety concerns. Biopolymer risks are also not yet fully understood....

The Risks of Ready-to-Eat: Five Ways to Protect Today's Prepared Meals

Ready-to-eat (RTE) meals and meal kits continue to move from a convenience option to an everyday staple. 

Ep. 221. Dr. Alex LeBeau: The Science Behind Food Contaminant Testing

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to exposure scientist and toxicologist Dr. Alex LeBeau about the generation, interpretation, and responsible communication of food...

FDA Calls On Infant Formula Industry to Safeguard Against Contaminants Introduced Through Supply Chains

How Does Contaminated Food Enter Grocery Stores?

Although regulations exist to prevent foodborne illnesses from reaching consumers, they are not perfect failsafes. Long supply chains give grocery store food many opportunities to...

In Dry Processing Environments, Treat Water Like Glass

In low-moisture food manufacturing, keeping your facility dry is key environmental control, yet many facilities treat water in their environment with a level of complacency that do...

Fly Control in Food Processing Facilities: Managing Seasonal Food Safety Risks

Fly control is critical to food safety. Orkin Commercial's IPM programs help food processing facilities address moisture, organic buildup, and access points before they create cont...

Reducing cell culture contamination: Why sterilisation validation matters in CO₂ shaking workflows

Contamination in suspension cell culture can affect results. Learn how CO₂ incubator shaker design reduces contamination risk. The post Reducing cell culture contamination: Why ste...

UKHSA assessment features E. coli and Salmonella examples

Example E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks are included in a review by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) of health risks that could occur in the next few years.The Health Securit...

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 🧪 LABORATORY SAFETY SERIES – ☣️ Types of Laboratory HazardsKnow the Hazards Before They Know YouA safe laboratory begins with one essential skill: hazard recognition.Every day, l...

Viewpoint: Second-Hand Risk – The Growing Threat of Used Equipment in Data Centers

As data center construction accelerates across the U.S. and globally, the conversation has rightly focused on environmental impact and land use. But there is a less viable risk acc...

Europeans’ Exposure to Dioxins, DL-PCBs in Food Still Too High, EFSA Risk Assessment Finds

Dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) are environmental contaminants generated as byproducts of industrial processes and waste incineration. EFSA’s risk asses...

Hygiene and food handling gaps increase risk for patients

Poor hygiene, unsafe food handling practices, and a reliance on untrained food handlers may be placing vulnerable patients at some psychiatric hospitals at risk of foodborne illnes...

FAO Offers Guidance to Food Safety Stakeholders on Mitigating Foodborne AMR

Overuse or misuse of antimicrobials and improper disposal of antimicrobials in the agri-food system may result in food and environmental contamination and contribute to the global...

Contamination with hepatitis A and Salmonella among FDA's import concerns

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

Focusing on Recall Liability May Distract from Process Breakdown

In 1993, the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak—and subsequent recall—put food safety on the map. Multiple errors across the supply chain resulted in hundreds getting ill and four pe...

Inorganic arsenic and lead top list of foodborne chemical hazards

Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic represents a major problem, according to an analysis of foodborne chemicals.In 2021, nine foodborne chemicals caused 6.26 million cases and 1....

Forever Chemicals and the Family Farm- What NC Growers Need to Know About PFAS on Agricultural Land

North Carolina’s farmers face a new contamination risk, and for many, the source may already be in their soil. What Are PFAS, and Why Should Farmers Care? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

Why water is becoming India s biggest food safety challenge

Between January 2025 and January 2026 sewage contaminated piped water triggered disease outbreaks in twenty six cities across twenty two states and union territories sickening at l...

Understanding Vibrio Risks: EMSL Analytical Provides Resources to Identify Environmental and Foodborne Pathogens

Each year, millions of people head to the coast to swim, fish, and enjoy fresh seafood. While these activities are part of the summer tradition, they can also bring exposure to Vi...

What’s Hiding Under Your Plant Floor: A Q&A With FoodSafe Drains on Legacy Drainage, Listeria Risk, and the ROI of G...

Sponsored by FoodSafe Drains Some plant managers already know they have Listeria in their underground piping. Their strategy? Keep it there. It’s a calculated gamble, but one that’...