Traceability is the ability to track food products and ingredients through every stage of the supply chain. Food traceability plays a central role in managing food safety risks. The European Union has established some of the world’s most comprehensive requirements mandating that food businesses track products across all stages of production, processing, and distribution. Japan, Australia, Finland, Italy, and Korea have also adopted digital traceability systems.

Scientists found that the levels of PFAS in seabird eggs on Bonaventure Island have declined sharply over the last 55 years. The island is the world's largest northern gannet breeding colony. It is located near the St. Lawrence Seaway, which was exposed to PFAS during the 20th century. In the late 90s, the chemical corporation M3 dramatically scaled back production of commercial PFAS. In 2015, the industry agreed to phase out production of PFOA and PFOS.

A tank at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company in Longview, Washington, burst, causing a chemical leak. Several people died and several others were badly injured. The Seattle Times reports that 10 people were hurt, including 9 company employees and one firefighter.

All evacuation orders stemming from a hazardous materials incident at a Southern California aerospace facility were lifted Tuesday night. Residents in Garden Grove living near a damaged chemical tank at GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems were allowed to return home. A tank containing highly flammable methyl methacrylate (MMA) overheated and became compromised.

Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo is contaminated by oil spills. The number of oil spills rose from 77 to 84 between 2021 and 2022. The government wants to change the country's oil policy to boost the economy. It wants to open up the hydrocarbons industry to private investment.

All remaining evacuation orders were lifted in Orange County on Tuesday evening as authorities declared there was no remaining danger of an explosion, chemical leak or fire stemming from a hazardous material incident at an aerospace manufacturing plant. Around 50,000 people in six Orange County cities were told to evacuate during the crisis, when an overheating tank filled with 7,000 gallons of a chemical called methyl methacrylate was at risk of causing a massive explosion. Craig Covey, division chief with the Orange County Fire Authority, announced at a community meeting in Garden Grove that all evacuations have been lifted.

There is an E. coli outbreak at The Kebab shop in California, Texas and Florida. The USDA issued a public health alert on May 24, 2026 in response to concerns involving grilled beef kofta products served at the restaurant. At least two people became sick after eating at San Diego County locations. All sales of ground beef were halted nationwide on May 18, 2027. The supplier is Olympia Food Industries, Inc. dba Olympia Foods, of Franklin Park, Illinois.

At least one person was killed and nine others were unaccounted for after a tank containing a corrosive chemical mixture ruptured and collapsed at a Washington paper mill. Nine people were injured, including one firefighter. The cause of the collapse remains under investigation. The incident comes days after roughly 50,000 California residents faced evacuation orders tied to a hazardous materials emergency at an aerospace facility in Orange County.