The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified key priorities to improve food safety in the next five years in South East Asia.
The Framework for Action on Food Safety in the WHO South-East Asia Region
Continue Reading WHO framework targets improved food safety in South East Asia
Norovirus was behind a foodborne outbreak in 2018 caused by eating take-out food in China, according to a study.
The outbreak involved 157 probable cases and 20 people had laboratory-confirmed norovirus infections in two weeks
Continue Reading Norovirus outbreak in China linked to delivered food
An outbreak of hepatitis A has claimed another life in Michigan.
Continue Reading Michigan posts 25th hepatitis A death; restaurant worker sick
Earlier this week the Salt Lake County Board of Health amended “Health Regulation #5: Food Sanitation” to require hepatitis A vaccination for all food workers in an establishment when anyone working in that establishment has
Continue Reading County requires hepatitis A vaccines for some food workers
There are now 16 dead with 292 sickened with hepatitis A in San Diego — mostly in the ignored homeless population. And, the numbers of people with this preventable disease is spiking. Colorado has 57
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: For goodness sake, vaccinate – for Hep A
Onsite inspections have long been a standard tool for food safety training and enforcement efforts, but wearable technology and augmented reality are combining to change that with Google Glass.
EyeSucceed, a technology company focusing on
Continue Reading NSF’s EyeSucceed becomes Glass Partner; refines safety focus
Foodservice operations such as restaurants, hotels, hospitals, schools and prisons in New Mexico face a March 1 deadline to meet new state food safety requirements, but they’ve already had a year’s grace period to get
Continue Reading NM food handlers, foodservice operators face new regs
It’s estimated that the average person will get norovirus five times during their lifetime. Globally, there are 685 million cases of norovirus each year, with approximately 20 million of those cases occurring in the United
Continue Reading Norovirus isn’t rocket science: Wash your freakin’ hands
A record setting number of attendees for the National Restaurant Association’s Quality Assurance Study Group’s annual session filled the Millennium Conference Room at Loews Philadelphia Hotel this past week for a three-day introspection of the
Continue Reading Restaurant study group calls for back-to-basics approach
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of three guest opinion columns by Jim Mann in recognition of September as Food Safety Month. Whole genome sequencing, WGS, is a new motivator for enhanced
Continue Reading The outbreak breakthrough of whole genome sequencing
Knowing the correct answer for a food safety certification test is not the same as knowing how to properly use a food thermometer. On-site follow-up training ensures that classroom learning is
Continue Reading Teach, train, test, repeat — food safety refreshers a must
