Researchers from multiple institutions are hosting a free webinar about the impact of COVID-19 on food and agricultural systems. The session is aimed at anyone who is engaged in the
The deadline for nominations for awards to be presented by the International Association for Food Protection this year at its annual conference is Feb. 16.
The categories range from the
Researchers at the University of Georgia are studying the risk of Listeria monocytogenes developing a tolerance to sanitizers, with a specific focus on fresh produce production plants.
The project, titled
A novel treatment for botulism that may tame the toxin with therapeutics that have the potential to reverse the deadly paralysis — all coming out of Boston Children’s Hospital. The
A drive to prevent emerging zoonotic risks and diseases such as COVID-19 has been unveiled and is being led by France.
The Preventing Zoonotic Diseases Emergence (PREZODE) initiative was announced
Researchers are using text mining and supervised machine learning to try and identify unique words and phrases in online posts that identify consumers’ interactions with hazardous food products.
The team
A project looking at the risk of ciguatera poisoning in Europe has finished work after almost five years.
An international scientific meeting was held in October for the EuroCigua project
Experts have helped develop risk-based approaches to control two parasites in meat, requiring the re-evaluation of traditional practices and the assessment of regulatory and industry resources.
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Recently a few media outlets reported on a study warning Americans about the dangers of consuming produce grown by small-scale farmers. Very quickly, however, the study was
Taiwan may have made a deal with U.S. trade negotiators to end the ban on ractopamine in imported livestock on Jan. 1, but local governments are not going along.
An EU-funded project aiming to boost food safety for infants in the European Union and China has begun.
The Safe Food for Infants in the EU and China (SAFFI) project
The International Association for Food Protection’s program committee is now accepting abstracts submitted with “incomplete data” by trough Jan. 19, 2021. However, the complete data must be submitted by
