It is clear that many people and many businesses are sympathetic to protecting public health, and also understand the risks they face trying to conduct business as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there
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Half of people worried about food affordability have eaten cooked meats and bagged salad past their use by dates, according to a Food Standards Agency survey monitoring behavior during the coronavirus pandemic.
The monthly tracker
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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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This week on Chitra Ragavan’s podcast “When it Mattered,” food safety lawyer Bill Marler tells the story of how he went from a teenage runaway trying his hand at migrant work to became one of
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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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Heightened hygiene measures put in place because the coronavirus pandemic will have positive effects on longer term food safety in the Asia-Pacific region, according to experts.
The COVID-19 outbreak has increased awareness of the need
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said it is aware of reports that China will begin testing foods for Coronavirus.
Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner of Food Policy and Response at the FDA, wrote on
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More than 350 cases of online offers and advertising of food claiming to prevent or cure coronavirus have been found by European countries in the past few months.
The 352 cases were reported after the
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More than four times fewer suspected food and waterborne epidemics have been reported in Finland in the past few months.
Between March and May, four suspected foodborne outbreaks were reported, compared with an average of
Continue Reading Decline in foodborne outbreaks likely due to COVID-19 measures
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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The European region cannot afford to lose focus on other health threats during the coronavirus outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Officials from the WHO’s Regional Office for Europe said unsafe food is
Continue Reading WHO: Unsafe food continues to affect millions in Europe
