In case you didn’t know: September is National Food Safety Education Month. Food Safety News recently had a chance to talk with Shelley Feist, the executive director of the Partnership for Food Safety ...

There’s a lack of food-safety education in schools that, if addressed, could help reduce the high rates of foodborne illness among children. Each year, an estimated 48 million Americans contract a ...

The National Restaurant Association is encouraging restaurant and foodservice operators to begin planning for the 15th annual National Food Safety Education Month. This month-long campaign is held ...

A new study highlights a low level of awareness among youth around the proper precautions they need to take when it comes to handling food. A new study from the University of Waterloo highlights a low ...

UD’s Cooperative Extension Health and Well-being team brings you food safety information to help protect against foodborne illness all year long. Foodborne illness occurs when food is contaminated ...

To improve food safety outcomes, educating consumers about food safety must go beyond providing information to evoke behavioral change, according to Frank Yiannas, Walmart’s VP of food safety. That ...

I recently traveled to Houston, Texas, for the Consumer Food Safety Education Conference. I attended the conference to present with my Ohio State colleagues about our Ohio Person in Charge food safety ...

A market economist, he can discuss the effects of food safety issues on food marketing costs, food supplies and other consumer issues. Research interests include economics of food consumption, ...

The food service industry was shaken when restaurant chain Chipotle had multiple, widespread food safety outbreaks, spanning various states. The incidents understandably made consumers anxious and, as ...

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In Part 2 of our series, Walmart vice president of food safety Frank Yiannas discusses how the company and its associates convey food safety messages to consumers. Yiannas acknowledged that the ...