According to Health Canada, approximately four in ten people living in Northern Canada have been infected by the foodborne parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which is a much higher rate than is seen in Southern Canada.
Two studies funded by the Center for Produce Safety aim to identify production practices that may contribute to Salmonella contamination of bulb onions and food safety control strategies for the commodity.
By 2030, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and its EU partners aim to implement more comprehensive, harmonized chemical exposure assessments to enhance food and feed risk assessments.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold several instructor-led workshops, both virtually and in-person, on conducting self-assessment and verification audits for the Voluntary National Retail Food Regulatory Program Standards (Retail Program Standards) throughout 2023.
Maple Leaf Foods’ 12th Annual Food Safety Symposium was held on October 24, 2022, and the theme was “How Measurement, Management and Transparency Builds Long Term Trust Among Stakeholders.”
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)’s annual report for 2021–2022 summarizes the agency’s recent work on a range of significant food safety proposals, its monitoring and surveillance of the food supply, and its food recalls and food safety incident response.
Officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently held a conversation to explain to stakeholders how the agency handles foodborne illness outbreaks and other adverse food safety events, as well as how FDA plans to improve its processes. FDA also released a supplementary video illustrating its processes.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific opinion on mitigation strategies for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)—a global food safety and public health threat—among food-producing animals during transport.
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) has funded 14 new research projects that will help answer the fresh produce industry’s most urgent food safety questions related to leafy greens, stone fruit, pears, foodborne pathogens, indoor farming, and other topics.
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