Food systems must be transformed urgently to improve food safety and health, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO said multiple problems are negatively affecting health including zoonotic pathogens that spread between animals and
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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are holding a meeting on Campylobacter in poultry next month.
Several experts from the United States are attending, including Bing Wang from
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Scientists have improved knowledge about the doses of food allergens that can result in allergic reactions.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food
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A range of projects have been started recently to improve food safety in Africa.
Involved groups are the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Two final reports on controls measures for E. coli and for Listeria in ready-to-eat food have been unveiled by FAO and WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published
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Nations in Asia Pacific have taken part in a project to establish or improve food safety testing capabilities.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), coordinated
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Scientists have developed formal risk assessment models for Listeria monocytogenes in certain foods.
The models need to be tested and reviewed before being made public, said experts at a meeting organized by the World Health
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The number of food safety incidents involving an international network has gone up in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous three months.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part
Continue Reading Alerts involving global food safety network climb; frozen berries linked to multi-country outbreak
Multiple interventions are needed to control Salmonella in chickens raised for human consumption, according to scientists.
Findings come from a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA) on the pre- and post-harvest control
Continue Reading No single solution to control Salmonella in poultry meat, say experts
Experts are to meet in Singapore next month to talk about the safety of cell-based food.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) will organize the event
Continue Reading Safety of cell-based — lab-grown — food on FAO and WHO agenda