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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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Salmonella top reason for INFOSAN involvement in 4Q

By Joe Whitworth on January 30, 2019

A global food safety network helped with the investigation of 19 incidents from October to December 2018, bringing the total for the year to 83.

Salmonella was responsible for the most events that the International…
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INFOSAN involved in fipronil, fake rice and Salmonella events

By Joe Whitworth on January 7, 2019

An international food safety entity responded to more than 80 incidents over a two-year period, according to a report.

The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 84 international food safety events during…
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FAO and WHO find low risk of histamine poisoning from salmonids

By Joe Whitworth on October 31, 2018

The United Nations’ FAO and the World Health Organization have found that the risk of histamine development in fish of the Salmonidae family is unlikely to reach the levels needed to cause food poisoning.

The…
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FAO helps to improve fish safety in Ukraine

By News Desk on October 24, 2018

The FAO is helping Ukraine improve the safety of its fishery products and boost exports to Europe.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN said based on findings of an assessment in 2016 and…
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Africa sets sights on tackling foodborne disease burden

By News Desk on October 4, 2018

An index to help tackle the burden of foodborne diseases in Africa launched this week.

The African Food Safety Index (AFSI) was unveiled by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), with the…
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FAO helps Belarus review industry, government food safety systems

By News Desk on August 10, 2018

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations are working to help improve the food safety system in Belarus.

Governmental representatives met for five days of talks in Minsk earlier this month to conclude…
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WGS could be WMD in global battle against foodborne illness

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on September 16, 2017

Editor’s note: This column by FDA’s Steven Musser and Eric L. Stevens was originally published on the agency’s blog.

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