The Food and Drug Administration has issued revised food safety standards for state regulatory programs that oversee food facilities that manufacture, process, pack or hold foods.
These regulatory program standards, known as the Manufactured Food
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Food safety standards and trade is one of seven areas in the Food and Agriculture Organization’s COVID-19 response and recovery program.
The United Nations’ agency is calling for $1.2 billion in initial investment to support
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Editor’s note: This interview was originally published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and is reprinted here with permission.
Continue Reading ‘Tangible benefits’ from standards and testing include fewer illnesses
It’s not really going down like the plot of “Braveheart,” but the coming 2014 on Scottish Independence is already having large ramifications on food safety regulation in the United Kingdom. The Scottish Government is pulling
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For the first time, street food vendors in India will soon be required to meet a set of sanitation regulations, announced the government Tuesday. Street food is a popular option in India because it’s convenient
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The Government Accountability Office urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen its oversight of the safety of food purchased for the federal school meal program in a report released this week. Among the top
Continue Reading GAO Reports on USDA Contracts for School Meals
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Fat and salt-laden school food beware. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday unveiled proposed nutritional standards for meals served through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the first major upgrade to nutritional requirements
