The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published research on the time the virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on food and packaging.
The University of Southampton produced the report under contract by the FSA. Researchers measured the rate of inactivation of the virus on the surface of various types of
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The Government Accountability Office says the FDA should have the power to ask for and receive information from food companies about food packaging and food production surfaces in relation to chemical contamination.
In a report on so-called forever chemicals that do not break down that was requested by two U.S.
Continue Reading GAO office says FDA’s hands shouldn’t be tied on food package chemicals
China has linked seven COVID-19 outbreaks and almost 700 cases to contaminated imported frozen food packaging materials.
Scientists said the work supports speculation that cold-chain foods act as a pathway for SARS-CoV-2 and might present a risk for virus transmission between countries and regions.
They added handlers and processors of
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By Brian Ronholm Director of Food Policy at Consumer Reports, and Liz Hitchcock Director at Safer Chemicals Healthy Families
The next time you order takeout at a favorite restaurant, there is a decent chance it will include a side order of toxic forever chemicals. That’s because many
Continue Reading It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging
Scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University Singapore have developed a biodegradable food packaging material that kills harmful microbes and could extend the shelf-life of fresh fruit by two to three days.
Having an antibacterial and biodegradable alternative for food packaging could be hugely
Continue Reading Scientists invent biodegradable bacteria-killing packaging
China has tightened import rules after finding the virus that causes COVID-19 on packaging of fruit from Vietnam and Thailand.
At least nine Chinese cities have recorded positive coronavirus tests in relation to dragon fruit from Vietnam and longan fruit from Thailand, according to media reports.
China had already stopped
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There is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or as a likely source of viral transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing COVID-19, according to the Department of Agriculture , the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control
Continue Reading U.S. officials say there’s nothing to suggest food or food packaging spread of COVID-19
An annual survey has recorded an increase in global anxiety about food safety and future food supplies. The U.S. was one of nine countries involved in the research.
The 13th edition of the Tetra Pak Index has seen a 10 percent increase in concern about food safety and future food
Continue Reading Research records rise in global concern about food safety
China continues to report the presence of coronavirus on imported food products and packaging.
Recent reports include detection of coronavirus on packages of shrimp from Saudi Arabia, fish from India, beef from Brazil and Argentina, and pork from Germany.
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) said infection via
Continue Reading China reports further food-related coronavirus findings
It is highly unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 is a food safety risk, according to an international group of scientists.
The International Commission for Microbiological Specifications of Foods (ICMSF) is a non-governmental organization and an observer to Codex Alimentarius. The chair is Martin Cole and members include Darrell W. Donahue and Lucia
Continue Reading Experts affirm that coronavirus is ‘highly unlikely’ to be food risk
