Meat and poultry plant workers, along with supermarket meat department staffers, are having a major influence on the state of food safety.

After living and breathing food-safety communications for 10 years, I’m always curious to see how other companies respond to a food-related crisis. In 2015, we saw some well-known and beloved brands, in particular Chipotle Mexican Grill and Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.

On May 15, 1862, Abraham Lincoln signed into law an act of Congress establishing the United States Department of Agriculture, with a mission of promoting agriculture.

Historically, methodology to detect pathogens in the food supply that have the potential to make people sick took four to five days.

This winter, Foster Farms announced that a strain of avian flu was discovered at one of its commercial turkey ranches.