ROSEMONT, IL — Three panelists from two different states discussed their investigations of romaine lettuce outbreaks and generated wide-ranging questions during a session at Food Safety Summit 2020.
For the first time, the summit is
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ROSEMONT, IL — The Food Safety Summit education program, the leading interactive forum on food safety, begins virtually today and runs through Thursday. Registered attendees can explore, learn, and interact with other participants by logging
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Registration is now open for the Virtual Food Safety Summit 2020 South Africa, scheduled for 3rd November 2020. This event is a joint venture hosted by Food Focus and Anelich Consulting.
It will be hosted
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The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to update figures on the burden of foodborne diseases by 2025.
At a meeting of the WHO Executive Board in February in Switzerland, experts discussed food safety under
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Public Health England has been scrapped with England to get a new public health authority.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced a new agency called the National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) that is focused
Continue Reading PHE axed with England to get new health agency
The source of infection was not found for three of four Listeria outbreaks in England in 2018.
The one which was solved was an international outbreak that involved 12 cases in England from 2015 to
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Food Safety News was founded in 2009 by the world-recognized food safety expert, attorney Bill Marler.
Since then, FSN has grown into a leading outlet for news about all aspects of the food safety arena
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for experts to advise the body’s work on food safety.
WHO will update the global strategy for food safety: safer food for better health and aims to deliver
Continue Reading WHO calls for experts to help update food safety strategy
Norwegian researchers have found a decline in other notifiable infectious diseases during the Coronavirus pandemic.
They compared the number of cases reported to the Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS) during February to April
Continue Reading Reporting of other diseases falls in Norway during COVID-19 outbreak
Because of dangers associated with the coronavirus pandemic, this year’s annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection is being converted to a virtual event.
Organizers specifically said they based their decision on the
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The number of Campylobacter, E. coli, and Salmonella infections all increased in Norway this past year.
Overall, there were more food and waterborne infections in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the Norwegian Institute of
Continue Reading Norway notes Campylobacter, E. coli and Salmonella rise
