Food Safety Timeline

Food safety isn’t a novel concept. As long as people have needed to eat (so, forever), they’ve needed to be able to do so knowing (hoping, expecting) that the food is safe. Here is a fraction of the landmark moments in food safety history.

Jason Brill, PCT Managing Editor

Published February 04, 2022 | Updated January 22, 2026

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