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FAO and WHO call for experts and data on Listeria monocytogenes

By News Desk on May 5, 2022

The FAO and WHO want data and experts to help with work related to Listeria monocytogenes.

A Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) assessment will support Codex’s…
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FAO helps countries measure progress with food safety indicators, mitigation

By Joe Whitworth on July 15, 2021

A pilot project has backed up the potential to use food safety indicators to strengthen national control systems but found results are not comparable between countries.

Several countries in Asia Pacific asked the Food and…
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WHO discussions of Asia Pacific, Africa and Americas show food safety roles

By News Desk on June 15, 2021

Regional WHO and FAO offices in Asia, the Americas and Africa highlighted their work on safe food to mark World Food Safety Day this past week.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is helping countries…
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WHO EU chief: Number of people sick from unsafe food is unacceptable

By Joe Whitworth on June 11, 2021

A regional director at the World Health Organization has said the number of people getting sick or dying from unsafe food is “staggering” and “unacceptable.”

Every year in Europe and Central Asia, more than 23…
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FDA celebrates World Food Safety Day: ‘Safe Food Now for a Healthy Tomorrow’

By News Desk on June 7, 2021

World Food Safety Day is celebrated on June 7 and aims to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, market …
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Expert wanted to help WHO with foodborne disease report

By Joe Whitworth on May 25, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking for a consultant to help with work on foodborne disease surveillance.

The appointed expert will support the Actions in Food Systems unit with development of a report on…
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FAO and OIE rally against swine fever a.k.a. “the other virus”

By News Desk on October 28, 2020

The world needs to rally under a new initiative to bring the deadly pig disease known as African Swine fever (ASF) under control.

That’s the word from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United …
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African Swine Fever kept out of U.S. but pork remains threatened around the world

By Dan Flynn on July 21, 2020

What if the coronavirus never made the leap from Asia to North America? COVID-19 would still be infecting millions in Europe, Africa, and  Asia, but not in the United States or Canada. North Americans would…
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Online international food safety summit set late this month

By News Desk on July 15, 2020

A COVID-19 & Food Safety Global Summit, organized by the International Association for Food Protection and sponsored by Marler Clark LLP PS, is a two-hour virtual international event set for July 29.

The summit…
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GAO report examines how date label confusion contributes to food waste

By Dan Flynn on September 13, 2019

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wants something done about confusing date labels that contribute to food waste.

GAO recommends the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Serice (FSIS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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