On December 3, The North American Meat Institute (Meat Institute) urged federal authorities to highly prioritize COVID-19 vaccination for the men and women who work in the meat and poultry industry, following healthcare workers and those in long term care facilities.
U.S. and foreign human and animal food facilities that are required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must renew their registration this year before December 31.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved three participants in the FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The participants have successfully demonstrated management of the safety and security of their supply chains.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tools to identify possible multistate outbreaks, investigate their cause, and communicate about them to the public. But it needs to balance the need to communicate quickly against the need to provide accurate and specific information.
An article published by Iowa Capital Dispatch details some of the allegations against managers at a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Waterloo, Iowa.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the launch of a multi-year partnership with several California stakeholders to improve food safety through the enhanced understanding of environmental pathogens that may cause foodborne illness outbreaks.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has finished its scientific report examining critical issues in food safety risk communication and social practices in the EU.