Food Safety Timeline

Food safety isn’t a novel concept. As long as people have needed to eat (so, forever), they’ve needed to be able to do so knowing (hoping, expecting) that the food is safe. Here is a fraction of the landmark moments in food safety history.

Jason Brill, PCT Managing Editor

Published February 04, 2022

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Yu Shang Food Inc. Recalls Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination

Peanut and Tree Nut Processors Association Launches Fifth Edition of ‘The Handbook for the Safe Handling and Processing of Nuts’

Migratory Birds Raise Bird Flu Concerns

CEJN Releases Metal and X-ray Detectable Blow Gun

FDA Releases Supplement to 2022 Food Code

FDA and EPA Announce First Registered Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water Treatment

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