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What “Good Enough” Food Safety Training Really Costs: A Q&A With Laura Nelson
This Q&A is sponsored by Registrar Corp, publisher of the 2026 Global Food Safety Training Survey.
Most food manufacturers rate their training program as "sufficient."...
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The Listeria Recall That Started With One Cheese Plant
Key takeaways:
A Listeria strain first sampled from a sick patient in March 2023 wasn't traced to its source until a Brentwood, New York...
Food Exec Brief: Fairlife Goes Dark, A Lettuce Recall Gets Bigger, and FDA Signals...
Welcome to this week's Food Exec Brief, your strategic intelligence roundup for food and beverage manufacturing leaders. This week, we're covering:
A ransomware attack...
The FSMA 204 Countdown: What One Lettuce Recall Just Proved About Traceability Gaps
Key takeaways:
FDA traced a 1,644-case, five-state Cyclospora outbreak to one shredded lettuce supplier using distribution records and patient interviews alone. No product sample...
Reducing Food Waste Before It Reaches the Drain: A Process Engineering Framework for Product...
By Femi Olorunnaiye, P.E., P.Eng., M.Eng., PMP, Senior Process Engineer at Schreiber Foods
Key takeaways:
Food manufacturers should treat product recovery as a rigorous engineering...
The Egg Settlement Wasn’t About Eggs. It Was About the Number Your Contracts Trust
Key takeaways:
In June 2026, the Justice Department and 17 states settled with three major egg producers who, the government alleged, manipulated the daily...
FIE Input Cost Index Inches Down as Freight Eases and Grain Rises
The FIE Input Cost Index came in at 146 this week, down 2 points from last week's record of 148.
Freight eased. The Freightos Baltic...
Measures of an Effective Recall
By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
Key takeaways
No industry standard exists yet for recall effectiveness. Until the Alliance for Recall Ready Communities finishes...