The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA) recently provided insight into how whole genome sequencing (WGS) and international data-sharing helped trace a 2020 multinational food safety outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes to enoki mushrooms, enabling countries to rapidly recall the affected products. 

Three U.S. agencies have forged a partnership to improve global food safety standards in middle- and low-income nations.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the world’s global food supply chain and the stakeholders involved.