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 for personal hygiene, such as frequent handwashing, to avoid transmitting the virus, and has reminded
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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 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) to provide scientific advice on
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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 been affected.

Super Cereal is distributed as part of a program to protect and improve
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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 temporarily stopped distribution of Super Cereal from one supplier as testing continues to establish whether
Continue Reading Source of contamination for food aid linked to 3 deaths remains elusive