A government program has found that foodborne illnesses have increased to pre-pandemic levels.
In a preliminary report, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) says that enteric infections from food have returned to or exceed levels logged from 2016-2018.
FoodNet is made up of public health staff from the U.S.
Continue Reading Researchers find most foodborne illness rates have increased to pre-pandemic levels
In concept and use, ghost kitchens existed before the pandemic.
But in the year since the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to be a global pandemic, ghost kitchens have turned out to be the restaurant industry’s answer to questions springing from
Continue Reading Ghost kitchens save restaurant industry during pandemic, but future is unknown
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. in Sioux Falls, SD, for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. OSHA proposed a penalty of $13,494, the maximum allowed by law.
Based in Smithfield, VA, Smithfield Foods Inc. will
Continue Reading Smithfield appeals OSHA fine for not protecting meat plant employees from COVID-19
