The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) is recognizing its award winners a bit differently this time. With this year’s meeting being online, the IAFP is recognizing its winners with personalized award videos.
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Public health officials in the United States have confirmed that ten people, all requiring hospitalization, are infected with an outbreak strain of Listeria according to reports from three states–Florida, Massachusetts, and New York. One death
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This year’s IAFP 2020 event, “A Virtual Annual Meeting”, Oct. 26-28 will feature hundreds of poster presentations detailing current information on a variety of topics relating to food safety.
The posters provide quantity and quality
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Salmonella dominated hazards dealt with by a global food safety network in the third quarter of 2020.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 37 events from July to September compared to
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Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) is an underestimated source of domestically acquired illness in the United States, according to researchers.
A study, published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, looked at ETEC infections reported to
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Nine people from the same family have died in China after consuming homemade corn noodles.
The family had eaten a local dish known as suantangzi earlier this month in the northeastern Heilongjiang province. All nine
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Sometimes lawyers talk about being able to use a knothole in the law that allows them to pull through much more of their own arguments than one might ordinarily expect. California has managed to rely
Continue Reading Activists successfully defend California law imposed on sale of out-of-state farm products
The head of the Food Standards Agency has said she is increasingly worried about the impact of local authority funding shortages on food safety.
Emily Miles said the coronavirus pandemic has served as a reminder
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More than 120 people are part of a multi-country Salmonella outbreak linked to Brazil nuts.
Since August 2019, the outbreak, caused by Salmonella Typhimurium and Salmonella Anatum, has affected three European Union countries, the United
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ROSEMONT, IL — Yesterday’s Food Safety Summit’s annual Town Hall Q&A featured top regulators and agency leaders from FDA, USDA, AFDO and CDC. They talked about their agency’s work during the past year, with a
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The industry of animal cell-based/cultured technology has not yet brought any products to market, but the entry is fast approaching and applicable federal labels are soon going to be required.
And, the North American Meat
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