Food Safety

How to Help Customers with Food Refrigeration at Home

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Playing Supermarket Myth Whack-A-Mole

The rationale behind the myth busting web page is to provide our members with resources to confront the misperception being perpetuated every time they hear or see it, so we don’t have to play whack-a-mole on an ongoing basis. If we challenge the ...

The Meat of the Matter

A report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) under the World Health Organization today makes unfavorable assertions concerning the health effects of meat consumption. The study’s findings on red and processed meats are based on ...

Myth or Treat: Correcting Food Retail Misconceptions

The food retail industry is accessible and customer-service-based, which are positive attributes that sometimes make a supermarket a susceptible target for unsolicited criticism. FMI remains your spokesperson on the public relations challenges that ...

Help Shoppers Avoid “Danger Zone” with GO 40 °F or BELOW

Retailers’ commitment to reducing the risk of foodborne illness expands beyond the store walls into the home of customers. With the support of the FMI Foundation and other industry partners, the nonprofit Partnership for Food Safety Education is ...

Corporate Executive Liability for Food Safety Violations-Peanut Corp. of America

The sentencing and the associated PCA Salmonella outbreak are especially timely as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) begins its final stage of implementing FSMA. Last week, the agency published final rules on preventive controls for human and ...

Food Safety is a Must When it Comes to Family Meals

To many the task of preparing a family meal can be overwhelming, even more so if one is not comfortable in the kitchen. Fifty years ago, home economics classes were apart of the regular course schedule of high school students; today, few, if any, ...

September is almost here—Have you planned your Food Safety Month activities yet?

September 2015 marks the 21st National Food Safety Education Month. The focus of National Food Safety Education Month is to educate and increase consumer awareness on the importance of proper food safety practices. Communicating food safety ...

Listeria – Beyond the Deli

For retailers, “Listeria,” “food safety,” and “retail delis” are words that commonly go together. However the FMI Food Protection Committee Listeria workgroup is developing recommendations to combat Listeria beyond the retail deli and take the ...

How Food Retailers Help Maintain the Produce Cold Chain

FMI had the opportunity to participate in a symposium at IFT 15 titled “Cold Chain for Produce Safety: The Status Quo and Technologies to Minimize Food Safety Risk.” For retailers, the produce department is a key differentiator along with other ...

VQIP: FDA’s fast track for importers

According to USDA Economic Research Service, from 2000-2014 the volume of food imports increased 7.8 percent. FDA regulates more than $49 billion worth of food imports and oversees more than 377,000 food facilities, 154,000 domestic food facilities ...

Best Food Industry Career: Food Systems Auditing

The competencies of an auditor extend beyond food safety, encompassing a broad range of interpersonal skills, including the capacity to communicate to people at all levels and the ability to collect objective information through effective ...

Summertime Food Safety

When I think about summertime, my first thought is all the delicious food—BBQ, grilled fish, fresh watermelon and sweet corn. Summer offers an opportunity for grocers to remind customers of proper food handling and storage techniques to prevent ...

Managing the Risk of Food Recall to Keep Retailers Happy

There are many ways that suppliers can make retailers happy: healthy options, affordable products, sustainable sourcing, and reduced waste are only a few. What about simpler recalls? Or better yet, fewer or no recalls at all? No one, least of all ...

Connecting with SQFI at FMI Connect

Today’s consumers are striving to be more educated about the food they’re eating and providing their families, which leads to questions regarding the safety, quality and ethics about the manufacturing and distribution of their food. One link in the ...