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World Food Safety Day, held annually on June 7, aims to raise global awareness and inspire action on the critical importance of food safety. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018 and is jointly facilitated by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).The core message is that food safety is everyone's business – from farmers and producers to governments, businesses, and consumers. The 2025 theme is "Food Safety: Science in Action."

In 2019, the CDC reported that seven major pathogens were responsible for foodborne illnesses in the United States, resulting in hospitalizations and deaths. Six of these pathogens caused nearly 10 million foodborne illnesses, resulting in 53,300 hospitalizations and 931 deaths.

To address foodborne illnesses, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was enacted by Congress in 2011. The law strengthened the U.S. food safety system by emphasizing…

Scott R. Gane

Scott R. Gane, CPP is the Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Huffmaster. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the administration, operation, and financial health of the division, as well as the security consulting line of business. In that capacity, he manages security program evaluation, corporate policy and procedure development, training, federal security compliance initiatives (with an emphasis on CFATS, MARSEC, FSMA and CTPAT), corporate investigations, security risk, threat, and vulnerability analysis, and business risk management.

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Scott R. Gane