Heightened hygiene measures put in place because the coronavirus pandemic will have positive effects on longer term food safety in the Asia-Pacific region, according to experts.
The COVID-19 outbreak has increased awareness of the need
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The World Food Program (WFP) has requested assistance from the FAO and WHO on tropane alkaloids after five people died in Uganda this past year from contaminated food aid.
The United Nations agency wanted the
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International investigations have found two outbreaks of illness in Uganda were likely caused by food aid contaminated with tropane alkaloids.
Five people died and about 300 fell sick after eating Super Cereal distributed in Karamoja
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Distribution of some food aid in Uganda has been suspended for the second time this year because more than 30 people have fallen ill and been hospitalized. It is unknown how many more may have
Continue Reading Food aid linked to illness again in Uganda after fatal outbreak earlier this year
Two federal agencies in the United States are part of efforts to find the source of food poisoning in Uganda that led to four deaths.
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has halted global distribution of a fortified blended food linked to illnesses in Uganda with investigations so far unable to find what caused the outbreak.
The United Nations agency has
Continue Reading Source of contamination for food aid linked to 3 deaths remains elusive
More than 250 people have fallen ill in Uganda linked to a fortified blended food distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) for prevention of malnutrition. Officials urge people to stop eating the
Continue Reading United Nations food aid linked to 3 deaths, 262 poisonings in one week
