Government Agencies

Coronavirus meat shortages were avoided as production slips but didn’t fall all that much

Livestock and poultry production in the United States held up after the Defense Production Act put USDA in charge of making sure meat processors kept operating but in compliance with

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 Aug 2020

Coronavirus meat shortages were avoided as production slips but didn’t fall all that much

APHIS lists pests, diseases that pose high risk to U.S. agriculture

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is seeking feedback on its proposed list of pests and diseases of concern that are likely

By News Desk

/ 10 Aug 2020

APHIS lists pests, diseases that pose high risk to U.S. agriculture

A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request

Federal Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix denied defendant Mikell Fries request to go on an African safari before his trial next year for price-fixing, but she’s made her

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Aug 2020

A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request

Record number of notifications on RASFF portal in 2019

A record high of more than 4,000 notifications were exchanged via the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) in 2019. This past year, 4,012 messages

By News Desk

/ 6 Aug 2020

Record number of notifications on RASFF portal in 2019

WHO framework targets improved food safety in South East Asia

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

By Joe Whitworth

/ 5 Aug 2020

WHO framework targets improved food safety in South East Asia

World Bank supports food safety project in Moldova

The World Bank is to help Moldova modernize the country’s food safety system. The group’s board of executive directors approved a loan of $15 million to the Republic

By News Desk

/ 5 Aug 2020

World Bank supports food safety project in Moldova

France also affected by Listeria in enoki mushrooms

France has become the fifth country to report Listeria in enoki mushrooms from South Korea. It was already known that 36 people fell sick and four died in the United

By News Desk

/ 3 Aug 2020

France also affected by Listeria in enoki mushrooms

Wind, rain, floods aren’t the only dangers that come with a hurricane

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by Hurricane Isaias. The National Hurricane

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 3 Aug 2020

Wind, rain, floods aren’t the only dangers that come with a hurricane

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to the United States came in for review earlier this year in the form of an on-site equivalence verification audit by USDA’

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2020

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

BfR addresses risk of E. coli in flour

A German risk assessment agency has issued an opinion after STEC was frequently found in flour samples. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) was detected in multiple flour samples (wheat,

By News Desk

/ 28 Jul 2020

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

In some action on the petition front, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) acknowledges a request from the Harvard Law School’s “Animal Law and Policy Clinic.” The

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Jul 2020

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

Experts set out plans to tackle foodborne parasites in Asia

The first sets of food safety risk communication and country-specific action plans to tackle the significant public health problem of foodborne parasites have been identified in Asia. They were

By News Desk

/ 23 Jul 2020

Experts set out plans to tackle foodborne parasites in Asia

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Government Agencies

Coronavirus meat shortages were avoided as production slips but didn’t fall all that much

APHIS lists pests, diseases that pose high risk to U.S. agriculture

A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request

Record number of notifications on RASFF portal in 2019

WHO framework targets improved food safety in South East Asia

World Bank supports food safety project in Moldova

France also affected by Listeria in enoki mushrooms

Wind, rain, floods aren’t the only dangers that come with a hurricane

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

Experts set out plans to tackle foodborne parasites in Asia

Your Support Protects Public Health