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EU’s crisis plan gets feedback from food sector

By Joe Whitworth on January 18, 2021

The European Commission is developing steps to be followed in times of a crisis based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The contingency plan is a set of procedures to be put in place…
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Plan launched to reduce risk of emerging zoonoses

By News Desk on January 17, 2021

A drive to prevent emerging zoonotic risks and diseases such as COVID-19 has been unveiled and is being led by France.

The Preventing Zoonotic Diseases Emergence (PREZODE) initiative was announced at the One Planet Summit…
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Researchers assess impact of COVID-19 measures on foodborne infections

By Joe Whitworth on January 13, 2021

Diseases including foodborne infections declined after public health measures were introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a preliminary analysis in Australia.

Researchers have analyzed Nationally Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) data to determine…
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COVID-19 impacts enforcement in Ireland and Sweden

By News Desk on January 12, 2021

The number of enforcement orders served on businesses for breaching food safety legislation in 2020 in Ireland fell by 67 percent compared to the year before.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) reported that…
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Industry’s resilience with food safety practices will be crucial in 2021

By Jonan Pilet on January 11, 2021
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If the word for 2020 in food safety was adaptation, the word for 2021 will be resilience. COVID-19 will continue to challenge food and beverage manufacturers, and resilience will be needed to address those…
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FDA sends warning letter to company that is advertising COVID-19 curing tea

By News Desk on January 11, 2021

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. …
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CDC tips to avoid food poisoning this New Year’s Eve

By News Desk on December 31, 2020

Eating with family and making large buffets is a common holiday tradition for New Year’s Eve. One key safety fact to remember: drinking alcoholic beverages does not kill foodborne pathogens.

This year with Covid-19 cases …
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2020: Deadly beer, seedy stories and PHE axed

By Joe Whitworth on December 28, 2020
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This year has been dominated by the global coronavirus pandemic but it also held many other surprises such as contaminated beer in Brazil, pesticide residues in seeds from India, and approval of cell-based meat…
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Here’s what the Food Safety and Inspection Service did in fiscal year 2020

By News Desk on December 27, 2020

Editor’s Note:  In this year-end summary, USDA’s  Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reports on its key achievements for fiscal year (FY) 2020 and highlights progress on its goal of modernizing the agency and fulfilling

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High risk firms may miss an inspection due to COVID-19

By Joe Whitworth on December 16, 2020

The highest risk businesses could miss one of their inspections to catch-up with local authority backlogs due to the Coronavirus pandemic, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Food hygiene intervention frequencies for these Category…
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