Opinion
It was a mixed year which saw many multi-country, multi-year outbreaks raise their head again but for some of them, 2018 marked the year they were solved.
The year also brought regulation changes, updated
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EU creates network to handle food crises
A network of “crisis coordinators” has been established by the European Commission as part of plans to improve management of food safety incidents.
The idea of one contact point in each of the 28 EU
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EU agencies practice response to multi-country foodborne outbreak
Five European food safety agencies have met to practice response to an emergency food safety incident.
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) of Germany, Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) in
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Letter From The Editor: Just Mad
These should be heady days at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The nation’s $1+ trillion deficit is not much of a speed bump for the $288 billion potpourri we call the 2012 Farm Bill,
Lingering Questions in Perception of Food Safety
While the timing may have been sensitive (it was just days after the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks), the LA Times’ “Food Poisoning: America’s Homegrown Threat” revisited a June New York Times column