What Are Food Systems?
Learn what food systems are, how they work, why they matter, and how they influence food security, nutrition, sustainability, and public health in this easy-to-understand guide.
Public Health
Food Allergens: Detection, Management, and Emerging Technologies for Food Safety
Food allergies affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Learn how food allergens are detected, managed, regulated, and how emerging technologies are improving food safety and consumer protection.
Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain: A Growing Global Food Safety Challenge
Discover how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) develops in the food chain, its impact on food safety and public health, sources of resistant bacteria in food production, and strategies to reduce the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Whole Genome Sequencing: The Technology Revolutionizing Food Safety and Outbreak Detection
Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) has transformed food safety by enabling rapid identification of foodborne pathogens, outbreak investigations, antimicrobial resistance monitoring, and global disease surveillance. Learn how this technology works and why it is reshaping food safety worldwide.
PFAS in Food Systems: What Consumers Need to Know About “Forever Chemicals”
Summary Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of synthetic chemicals used in industrial processes and consumer products for their resistance to heat, water, oil, and stains. Because these compounds break down extremely slowly in the environment, they…
