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Cold Foods Supply Chain May Spread COVID-19, Testing Methods Analyzed

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Bailee Henderson
June 10, 2022

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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The Return to Normal—Ready to Travel Again?

Ongoing travel restrictions at food companies vary widely for 2022, with "essential travel" taking on different meanings at different organizations
Bob Ferguson
Bob Ferguson
June 10, 2022

As the issues related to COVID-19 continue to subside and more restrictions are lifted, will we see food companies return to business travel, including in-person meetings and food conferences? We asked more than 250 companies about their travel plans for 2022 and beyond to find out. Our survey found a wide variety of policies depending on the company, the location of the travel, and the purpose of the trip.


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COVID-19, the Food Supply, and Cybersecurity: Coalescing Concerns

COVID-19 dramatically disrupted the food supply, but we must be prepared to tackle new kinds of disruptions in the future.
Robert Norton
Robert A. Norton Ph.D.
Joseph McGarvey Ph.D., C.I.S.S.P. Marcus (Marc) Sachs P.E.
February 16, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically disrupted the food supply. This article seeks to explain the transcendent lessons of this national emergency, with the hope that being aware of them will help national decision-makers better prepare for next time. Our food systems, like the larger supply chain, will be challenged in the future with new kinds of disruptions, making it essential that mistakes are not repeated and that proactive, correct solutions are discovered and preparations made now.


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Supply Chain Woes – What is At Stake, and What Will Change?

Unanticipated disruptions, complicated by lean manufacturing principles, can quickly create a critical supply situation.
Bob Ferguson
Bob Ferguson
December 21, 2021

Supply chain is critical to any food safety program. Having full control and traceability of raw materials and end products is no longer an option, but rather a requirement. In the past two years, the pandemic has exposed new weaknesses and made visible the business risks posed by an unstable supply chain.


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Food Safety Insights: 5 Years Later, Part 2

Celebrating the Food Safety Insights partnership with Food Safety Magazine
Bob Ferguson
Bob Ferguson
October 18, 2021

In our last column, we revisited some of the testing-related topics we have covered since the inception of Food Safety Insights. This article looks at a few of the other subjects that have made an impact on our markets in these past 5 years.


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What We Learned from COVID-19 Infections in Meat and Poultry Workers

Lessons from the meat and poultry processing industry about coronavirus spread and prevention
Deborah Carr D.V.M., M.P.H.
August 12, 2021
The meat and poultry industry faced unprecedented disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, as employees worked in tight quarters on production lines, making it especially vulnerable. What is the current state of knowledge of the risk factors for such workers?
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FDA: Update on Standard Operations for Domestic Inspections

Judy McMeekin, Pharm.D.
July 13, 2021

As the U.S. emerges cautiously from the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is resuming standard operations for domestic inspections while continuing mission-critical work abroad.


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Effects of the Pandemic on Personal Hygiene Practices: What’s Next?

Can we maintain high levels of hand hygiene postpandemic?
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Angela Anandappa Ph.D.
June 20, 2021
Personal hygiene has long been a pillar of food safety. The pandemic not only created massive global awareness campaigns for handwashing but also provided food safety practitioners a platform for driving hygienic practices as the simple yet undisputed foundation of public health.
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Food Safety Insights

Testing to Continue to Increase in 2021

Environmental monitoring and a focus on continuous improvement in sanitation drive increases in test volumes
Bob Ferguson
Bob Ferguson
April 15, 2021

As food processors continue to recover from 2020, we wanted to find out more about their plans for 2021. One thing was clear: Testing—especially environmental monitoring—will continue to grow at a rapid pace.  


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Cover Story

An Opportunity to Reimagine: How the Pandemic Can Improve Our Global Food System

Jennifer van de Ligt, Ph.D.
April 15, 2021

More than a year after the start of the coronavirus pandemic forever changed our way of life and further strained our food system, we face greater challenges as a result of new vulnerabilities that have arisen.


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