The second round of trade talks between the United States and United Kingdom has ended with food standards, including safety, still high on the agenda.
Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) took place from
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Today, June 7, is World Food Safety Day, and the Partnership for Food Safety Education is taking this time to recognize and celebrate the people who work tirelessly to provide healthy and safe meals.
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Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This
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SEATTLE — “Trust is the most important intangible aspect of any company,” Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity said at this year’s Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference.
Arnot explained how questions
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The food industry and our public health agencies have long recognized that they share the same responsibility to protect consumers from unsafe food. The modern food industry is, however, growing more diverse, dynamic, and
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More than four fifths of people are concerned about laws on meat quality standards being relaxed so trade deals can be secured with the United States and other countries, according to Unison, a union in
Continue Reading UK public concerned about lower meat standards in future trade deals
The International Association for Food Protection has opened nominations for its 2020 awards. The categories range from the Black Pearl Award for corporate excellence in food safety to travel scholarships for food safety students who
Continue Reading IAFP seeks nominations for 2020 for the best in food safety
Back in the day, that being before 2015, Canadian politics made much of minor fluxations in numbers of staff assigned to food safety.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) was often defending its staffing levels
Continue Reading CFIA staffing still varies, but its no longer an issue
Usually, my way of dealing with summer heat is to not move around much during the day. This summer, I’ve broken from my routine by actually traveling to areas of the country where TV
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Extreme heat danger and food safety: what could go wrong?
American Agriculture is letting the U.S. Senate know that 68 months is long enough to go without a USDA under secretary for food safety.
Ten of the nation’s largest and most influential agricultural organizations have
Continue Reading Ag groups tell Senate it is time to confirm Mindy Brashears as Under Secretary for Food Safety
Eight new trade concerns on food safety, animal and plant health were raised at the latest meeting of a World Trade Organization (WTO) committee.
The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures also discussed 16
Continue Reading U.S. raises 1 out of 8 food safety trade concerns at WTO meeting
