Despite the best efforts of industry and government, foodborne illnesses continue to be a public safety issue, as this long list of outbreaks in the U.S. shows. The 2020 E. coli outbreak, to take one example, was linked to leafy greens that sickened people across 29 states. Now the Food & Drug Administration is calling for the entire industry to find new technologies and approaches at every stage of food safety. In the latest guidelines for 2023 in the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the FDA’s goal is to shift the culture of food...

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