Email Access Update

Following ASTA’s transition away from its former management company on August 1, we are currently unable to access our @astaspice.org email accounts. We are working with our legal counsel and IT provider to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

In the meantime, please contact ASTA Acting Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer Robb MacKie at [email protected] or 202-253-6216. We appreciate your patience.

ASTA Resources

Food Safety

Multi-Industry Industry Letter to Congressional Appropriators in Support of CDC Food Safety Funding

4/15/2026

Webinar: Understanding EPA’s Interim Registration Review Decision on Ethylene Oxide: Implications for Spice Treatment

8/27/2025

Technical Brief: Overview of Available Treatment Methods for Onion and Garlic

8/19/2025

Navigating Heavy Metals in Food Safety Plans

5/13/2025

Everything But the Bagel Risk Mitigation for Sesame Poppy Onion and Garlic

5/13/2025

Study Report: Salmonella Enumeration Method Comparison in Onion and Garlic

4/2/2025

EPA Interim Decision for Ethylene Oxide (ETO): Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

4/2/2025

FDA Draft Guidance for Industry on Establishing Sanitation Programs for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Human Foods Webinar

2/13/2025

Literature Review on Ethylene Oxide Residues on Untreated Spices

1/9/2025

A Closer Look at FDA’s Guidance on Food Allergens Webinar

7/26/2024

Literature Review of Dried Garlic and Onion Food Safety Risks, Microbial Detection, and Inactivation Methods

7/15/2024

Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Enforcement and Compliance Strategies: What You Need to Know Now – Webinar

6/27/2024

2024 Food Safety: Changing Culture to Improve Food Safety

4/17/2024

Impact of National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Ethylene Oxide Commercial Sterilizers on the U.S. Spice Industry

4/4/2024

2024 Webinar: Revised Draft Appendix 1 of FDA’s Preventive Controls for Human Foods Guidance

3/14/2024

White Paper on Alternative Microbial Reduction Technologies

11/14/2023

2023 Technical Presentation: Spice Safety - FDA Perspective

10/17/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Assessing the Impact of EPA's Proposed Phase Out of EtO on the Safety of Spices, A Food Microbiologist's Perspective

10/17/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Ethylene Oxide: Risks, Regulation, and Reality

10/17/2023

2023 Regulatory Presentation: Importance of Spice Sterilization for Imports and Food Markets

10/17/2023