It’s Friday, June 13, 2025. As the week winds down, here are today’s top food safety headlines.
What to know: States are beginning to restrict SNAP purchases under new "Make America Healthy Again" waivers, targeting sugary drinks and candy. Backed by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary RFK Jr., the move could significantly reshape what 41 million recipients can buy with food assistance.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has unveiled a refreshed food safety approach.
UNIDO launched its Food Safety Approach 2.0 at the Vienna Food Safety Forum earlier this month. The plan calls for robust food safety systems, acknowledging the complexity and numerous stakeholders involved, and emphasizes the relevance of shared responsibility.
Singapore saw foodborne illness rates and recalls slightly increase in 2024 compared to the year before.
Data comes from the Singapore Food Statistics 2024 report published recently by the Singapore Food Agency (SFA).
OPINION — By Roger Hancock, CEO of Recall InfoLink
“At the recent Food Safety Summit in Chicago, I attended an important session, ‘Recall Modernization Initiatives with the Consumer in Mind.’ The message from the stage was that the industry knows consumer communication around recalls needs work.”
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The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
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