News — Cold Chain

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — July 2026

This July 2026 bulletin covers key regulatory developments affecting temperature monitoring in food, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors — including the FDA QMSR coming into force, FSMA Food Traceability Rule enforcement deferral, UKHSA vaccine cold chain wastage data, Health Canada GUI-0069 revisions, and proposed USP Chapter <1079.5>. Sources checked include FDA, USDA FSIS, UKHSA (UK Green Book), Health Canada, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, and ISO.

Monthly Food Safety Recall Bulletin: June 2026

The period from mid-May to mid-June 2026 has been defined above all by a fatal Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in the United States linked to a small regional dairy, and by the continued unravelling of a multistate Salmonella investigation centred on imported dietary supplement ingredients. Across all six regulatory bodies covered in this bulletin, soft and fresh dairy products, ready-to-eat chilled meats, and minimally processed fresh foods once again accounted for the largest share of microbial notifications — categories in which post-process temperature control and cold chain integrity are the principal safety barriers. The UK Food Standards Agency also issued its first "Food Alert for Action" of 2026, targeting a frozen-food manufacturer unable to demonstrate that its products had been produced and handled safely. This bulletin summarises the most significant notifications from the FDA, CFIA, FSA, RASFF, FSAI, and FSANZ between mid-May and mid-June 2026 and considers what they suggest about current pressure points in thermal processing and cold chain management.

Regulatory Compliance Update Bulletin: Temperature Monitoring — June 2026

This June 2026 bulletin covers recent regulatory developments affecting temperature monitoring across food, pharmaceutical, and medical device sectors, including the FDA Food Traceability Rule extension, the FDA QMSR, USP <1079.2>, Health Canada GUI-0069, and USDA FSIS Salmonella performance standards. Sources checked include FDA, CFIA, USDA FSIS, WHO, USP, MHRA, FSANZ, and ISO.

Monthly Food Safety Recall Bulletin: May 2026

The past 30 days have produced a particularly active food safety landscape, with a single ingredient contamination event in the United States cascading into dozens of downstream recalls across multiple product categories. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic and in the southern hemisphere issued alerts spanning Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat dairy and cured meats, Salmonella in poultry and powdered ingredients, undeclared allergens linked to labelling and process failures, and physical contamination across multiple categories.