Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., received $10 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D.C., to establish what is said to be the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL).

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn., launched the Food Safety Culture Assessment, an innovative and tested tool to help measure and advance food safety behaviors and the overall food safety culture within food retail organizations.

In this study, researchers collected and analyzed 339,548 records of food temperatures from corporate catering foodservice operations to identify different scenarios and possible factors predictive of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes growth.

Food Safety Net Services (FSNS), San Antonio, Texas, opened an analytical testing laboratory for the food and consumables industry.

NSF International, Ann Arbor, Mich., released a new study showing 61% of Americans are concerned about the products they put in, on and around their bodies.

PSSI, Kieler, Wis., launched a new real-time performance metrics platform that supports a more detailed data-driven approach to food safety and sanitation.

Over 80 food safety experts took part in the speaker faculty at the 2019 Food Safety Summit, which took place May 6-9 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Ill.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Minneapolis, introduced new products, software and services for food safety, environmental quality and industrial applications.

iFoodDecisionSciences (iFoodDS), Seattle, Wash., developed a new software service designed to help food facilities reduce the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination of food products.