In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we interview Dr. Markus Lipp, Senior Food Safety Officer at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), about FAO’s work in food safety amid a multitude of intersecting challenges and factors such as climate change, food security, the cultural importance of food, and countries’ economic and geographic differences.
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has launched a countrywide assessment that will inform decisions about food safety training and resources as part of the Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant Program. All individuals working in retail regulatory food safety are encouraged to complete the survey.
The EU experienced more food safety notifications through its online Rapid Alert System for Food and Food Network in 2021 than in years prior, with pesticides, food contact materials, and fraud highlighted in a Administrative Assistance and Cooperative Network
report.
The Caribbean Public Health Agency will conduct an assessment in participating Caribbean countries to assess the impacts of unsafe food in the region, as well as to understand the Caribbean’s capacity to respond to and develop climate change-resilient food safety plans.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) and Stop Foodborne Illness have updated their renowned training video, The Why Behind Food Safety, nearly a decade after its original release.
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Foundation FSSC have formed a strategic partnership to promote food safety in low- and middle-income countries.
In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we interview Marc Cwikowski, Founder and Managing Director of All Food Consulting and Co-Founder at World of Auditing, about how food companies can develop risk-based audit strategies, the importance of aligning business priorities with audit priorities, ways that food companies can maximize the value of audits, how auditing can improve traceability and transparency, achieving preparedness for supply chain challenges, and the future of food safety auditing.
A recent study suggests that the cold foods supply chain is the optimal environment for the COVID-19 virus to spread over long distances. The study explores various prevention and testing methods that could be used to mitigate the pathogen’s spread through cold-chain foods.
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