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FDA names safety vet acting head of food

Donald Prater will lead the Human Foods Program and replace Kyle Diamantas, who is taking over as department commissioner.

FDA to Hire 2,200 Staffers as it Narrows Search for Commissioner, Names Produce Safety Director

After losing more than 4,000 employees since the Trump Administration took office, FDA is in the process of hiring and re-hiring thousands. The agency is also close to choosing its...

FDA names produce safety director

The Food and Drug Administration has named Donna Garren as the new director for its office of produce safety.The office is housed in the FDA’s office of microbiology food safety. T...

FDA Warning Letters Are Rising and What It Signals for Food Manufacturers and Global Suppliers 

By Fabiola Negrón is the Director of Food Safety at Registrar Corp Key takeaways: Enforcement has matured: The FDA has moved past education and now issues warning letters quickly w...

Proactive Food Safety Management Needs to be a Strategic Business Priority

Elizabeth Andoh-Kesson, Interim Director of GFSI, says that as climate-related food risks grow, businesses cannot simply rely on a reactive approach to food safety.

FDA warning letters are on the rise

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Defining ultraprocessed foods proves ‘challenging,’ FDA food head says

Donald Prater, acting deputy commissioner of food, said the Trump administration is still making the definition a “priority.”

The Digital Passport: Why 2026 Is the Final Deadline for Automated Farm-to-Fork Traceability

By Stephen Dombroski, Director, Consumer Markets, QAD | Redzone FSMA 204 delays don’t reset the clock. Retailers and consumers are already demanding end-to-end lot traceability now...

FDA cites four importers for verification failures involving produce, dairy ingredients

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view u...

SSAFE Advocates for Future-Proofing Food System Through Holistic, Risk-Based Food Safety Approach

The knowledge paper, titled, “The Future of Food Safety,” was developed in partnership with a top FAO food safety official and written by a former Codex Chair.

Short list for FDA Commissioner post takes form

None of the three people on the list have experience with food or food safety issues.

Cyclospora: Seasonal nuisance or preventable problem?

The parasite's long incubation period makes it challenging for investigators to identify exposures.

Publisher’s Platform: Thirty Years of Questions I get Asked: Straight answers for food company executives and lawmakers

I have spent more than thirty years on one side of the food safety fight, ever since the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak. In that time, I have sat across the deposition table...

Trust, but Don’t Verify? FDA’s New Inspection Policy Causing Dramatic Increase in Food Recalls

A century ago, the U.S. federal government made a straightforward decision: If you sell food to Americans, the government will verify that it is safe. Not by reviewing self-submiss...

<![CDATA[FDA Makes Leadership Overhaul Following Commissioner Makary’s Departure: Report ]]>

Live from the 2026 Food Safety Summit—Part 2

In the second of this two-part episode series recorded live from the show floor of the 2026 Food Safety Summit, we interviewed Summit speakers from the regulatory, nonprofit, and i...

Publisher's Platform: A company’s name is not a trade secret

The FDA hides behind the Trade Secrets Act and FOIA Exemption 4, and it treats the name of a food company linked to an outbreak as if it were a proprietary formula.

Publisher's Platform: We’re turning off the smoke detectors on America’s food supply

The people who find foodborne outbreaks are being fired, defunded, and disbanded — and the bugs do not care.

Doug Wheeler: One label, one standard

Uniform food labeling could reduce costs and simplify compliance nationwide. The post Doug Wheeler: One label, one standard appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns & Ele...

GRAS, additives, chemicals: Who should hold the authority?

-- OPINION --State leadership vs. a patchwork of regulations sums up of the controversy over the “FRESH Act” in a single phrase.Due to its controversial provisions on federal food...

Nomination period for food safety 40 Under 40 now open

The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness, a program of the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Stop Foodborne Illness, is accepting nominations and applications for its annual recognit...

Ep. 220. Ramirez and Hodgson: What it Takes to Build and Maintain an Effective Food Safety Culture

In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Fresca Foods’ Vice President of Operations, Miguel Ramirez, and former Fresca Foods FSQ Manager Madisen Hodgson, M.S. about cult...

Publisher's Platform: World Food Safety Day 2026: From Burden to Solutions — If We Don't Look Away

Today is World Food Safety Day, and this year the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization have given us a theme that sounds almost like it was written f...

Sunday Edition: In the spotlight

Here are some highlights and updates related to the great work the FSN team does each week.