Institute for Food Safety and Security - Institute for Food Safety and Security

Welcome to the Institute for Food Safety and Security

The Institute for Food Safety and Security (IFSS) at Iowa State University is an organization established to combine and coordinate the activities of the seven major facets of food safety. The IFSS affiliated faculty and staff are dedicated to protecting Iowa's and the nation's vast investment in agriculture; and directly serving production, processor and consumer needs by enabling rapid identification and effective responses to food safety and security concerns that have impact throughout the global food chain.

IFSS Summit Invites Iowa Companies
to Voice Food Safety Concerns

More than 50 Iowa food industry leaders, representing companies from various sectors of the food supply chain came together with government representatives, IFSS faculty and staff, and other academicians involved in food safety research at the Institute for Food Safety and Security Listening Summit held February 12, 2008, at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames. Read More.

What is Risk Communication?

Article by Lulu Rodriguez-Associate Professor of the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University.

Food Safety in the News

Upcoming Food Safety Events

Aug 06	BARFBLOG: Name and Shame of restaurants: works in Sydney, sucks in Melbourne
Jul 31	Bronson details impact of salmonella outbreak on FLORIDA
Jul 31	BARFBLOG: There’s a lot of poop in produce
Jul 31	BARFBLOG: Salmonella Saintpaul in Mexican pepper: ‘The rose goes at the front, big guy’
Jul 31	INDONESIA: Schools must monitor nearby food vendors: Study

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