FDA estimates new regulations will cost the average factory around $13,000 and will be enforced with new powers to fine, initiate recalls or shut down noncompliant businesses.

Goals include improved preventive controls for Salmonella and E. coli and detection of allergens and gluten in food.

Scientists recommend pregnant women adopt a safety first approach, given the difficulty of assessing exposure risk.

Because consuming trans fat is harmful even at low levels, researchers urged manufacturers to renew efforts to discontinue or reformulate products containing them.

Vision systems can inspect products accurately at very high speeds, making them an important component of many producers’ food safety plans.