The Northwest Food Sanitation Workshop addresses basic sanitation as well as cutting edge issues related to food sanitation and food safety. Topics having broad interest are covered in the general sessions. More specific subjects are discussed in small breakout sessions. The event is co-sponsored by Washington State University Extension, the Northwest Food Processors Association, Oregon State University Extension Service and the University of Idaho Extension System. For more information or to register, visit http://ext.wsu.edu/foodsanitation/index.html.
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The 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), calling upon the agency to share its federal jurisdiction over animal abuse with state
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
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The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its public calendar to provide information about its meetings in March and April.
It lists meetings held by the
IAEA and FAO are to hold an event next year focusing on the use of nuclear technologies for food safety.
The International Symposium on Food Safety and Control will take
Kyan Culture brand and Farm Boy brand organic microgreens are being recalled in Canada because of contamination with pathogenic E. coli.
The recall was triggered by the company, according to
The U.SDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for meat and poultry products containing FDA-regulated dairy ingredients that may be contaminated with
The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
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The Gates Foundation has called for proposals to create estimates of the global burden of diarrheal diseases, with a focus on children younger than 5 living in low- and middle-income
