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Recalls, FDA and USDA actions, and standards changes, briefed with what each one means for your facility.
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ClearMay 19, 2026
Food Safety Summit 2026: Seven Sessions, One Blind Spot
Food Safety Summit 2026 wrapped May 14 in Rosemont. The content was strong, the speakers credible, the case studies real. Every playbook on stage assumed you were Cargill, Nestlé, or McDonald's. The smaller operator was missing from the conversation. Notes on what worked, what did not, and where the gap was loudest.
10 min
May 12, 2026
An Unopened RTE Tested Positive for Listeria. The Cook Step Isn't What Failed.
FSIS pulled an unopened package of Daisy Brand headcheese off the line on May 9. It tested positive for Listeria. Three sick in Illinois. The product is fully cooked. Whatever happened, the cook step isn't the variable. The contamination got in somewhere between the kettle and the seal. The 430.4 Alternative your HACCP plan elected is the framework that decides what your CAPA has to prove.
5 min
May 5, 2026
Your Supplier's Supplier Recalled. Your COA Won't Save You.
Three brands recalled chips, beverage mixes, and meat products in eight days. The trigger wasn't Salmonella in any of their facilities. It was an April 27 California Dairies recall of dry milk powder, two tiers upstream. Utz says their seasoning batches tested negative for Salmonella prior to use. They're recalling anyway.
5 min
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