UniFirst Corp., Wilmington, Mass., released new Whizard Handguard II gloves, which consist of a heavy-duty combination of high-performance fibers and stainless steel to provide exceptional protection against cuts and slashes.

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).

PathSpot, New York, closed $2 million Series II Seed Funding round, bringing the total series seed funding to $4 million.

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.

Recalls in the second quarter 2019 remained flat across industries, but serious and deadly incidents were on the rise, an indication of lagging activity by regulatory agencies, according to the second quarter 2019 Recall Index released by Stericycle Expert Solutions, Indianapolis, Ind.

Starting off on the right foot with quality supplier and ingredients can dramatically increase one’s chances for success in this space.

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn., acquired Chemstar Corp., Lithia Springs, Ga.

The personal protective equipment (PPE) market is projected to reach $70 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc., Selbyville, Del.

Researchers at the University of Warwick, UK, found that bacteria can be detected in minutes by zapping it with electricity.