Knowledge Center
Research, explainers and human centered guidance on food safety intelligence, recalls, family decisions, school food, traceability, outbreak response and preparedness.
The SAFEPLATE Family Food Safety Center
Human centered, source backed guidance for the moments families actually face: recall messages, lunchboxes, allergies, power outages, changing notices, product evidence and the question that matters most what do I do now?
Food safety intelligenceA Recall List Is Not an Intelligence System
Why connecting products, lots, facilities, hazards and evidence is different from collecting notices.
TraceabilityThe Traceability Gap
Why it can still take weeks to identify the source of a foodborne outbreak.
Investigative food systemsA Food Recall Begins Long Before the Recall Notice
The public sees the notice at the end of a much longer evidence reconstruction process.
Food intelligenceThe Food System Usually Knows Before the Public Does
Why useful clues may already exist throughout the supply chain before the public warning appears.
Public understandingWhy People Pay Attention to Food Traceability When Information Becomes Personal
How precision, sourcing and context turn broad warnings into something a person can act on.
Climate + preparednessThe Forecast Is Not a Recall
Why environmental signals can improve preparedness without becoming product evidence or a regulatory finding.