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FSA sticks with past advice after COVID study results

By News Desk on December 11, 2022

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…

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GAO office says FDA’s hands shouldn’t be tied on food package chemicals

By Coral Beach on November 11, 2022

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…

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China links seven COVID-19 outbreaks to food packaging

By News Desk on July 10, 2022

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…

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It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging

By Guest Contributor on May 11, 2022

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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…
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Scientists invent biodegradable bacteria-killing packaging

By News Desk on January 9, 2022

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 …
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China steps up checks after coronavirus fruit findings

By News Desk on January 8, 2022

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…
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U.S. officials say there’s nothing to suggest food or food packaging spread of COVID-19

By News Desk on February 22, 2021

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…
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Research records rise in global concern about food safety

By News Desk on November 19, 2020

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…
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China reports further food-related coronavirus findings

By Joe Whitworth on November 16, 2020

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,…
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Experts affirm that coronavirus is ‘highly unlikely’ to be food risk

By Joe Whitworth on September 11, 2020

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…
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