About our industry
KEY TAKEAWAYS • First-in, first-out (FIFO) ships the lot that arrived first. First-expired, first-out (FEFO) ships the lot with the […]
KEY TAKEAWAYS • In FDA’s 2026 traceability drills most firms got records in within 24 hours, but only 40% of
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Published yield data treats yield as a range, not a constant: FAO’s compilation for Alaska pollock reports
KEY TAKEAWAYS • The largest U.S. compilation — 35 studies, 4,179 samples, 32 states, 2010–2023 — found an overall mislabeling
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Sunrise 2027 is an industry goal set through GS1, not a law: by the end of 2027
KEY TAKEAWAYS • The Produce Traceability Initiative states that its case-level requirements are aligned with the FDA Food Traceability Rule
KEY TAKEAWAYS • On August 4, 2026 an Orange County Superior Court entered final judgment against California’s Department of Cannabis
KEY TAKEAWAYS • A food case label has one job downstream: let a customer’s scanner read what it is (GTIN),
KEY TAKEAWAYS – Foreign material caused more USDA-regulated recalls than anything else in 2025 (13 of 42), and undeclared allergens
KEY TAKEAWAYS • Since June 20, 2016, every official establishment and retail store that grinds raw beef for sale in
