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Shopping for Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic
As grocery shopping remains a necessity during this pandemic, many people have questions about how to shop safely. We want to reassure consumers that there is currently no evidence of human or animal food or food packaging being associated with transmission of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. This particular coronavirus causes respiratory illness and is […]
Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
March 19, 2020 by foodsafeguru
Information from the Food and Drug Administration: Q: Is the U.S. food supply safe? Currently there is no evidence of food or food packaging being associated with transmission of COVID-19. Unlike foodborne gastrointestinal (GI) viruses like norovirus and hepatitis A that often make people ill through contaminated food, SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, is a virus […]
FDA delayed E. coli outbreak announcement by nearly a month
November 4, 2019 by foodsafeguru
By John Bowden The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said last week that a previously unreported E. coli outbreak occurred between July and September, affecting nearly two dozen people who ate tainted Romaine lettuce. News of the outbreak, first reported Friday by The Washington Post, came nearly a month after the Post found that FDA officials […]
Removing Coconuts from FDA’s Major Food Allergen List – Say what?
September 11, 2019 by foodsafeguru
REMOVING COCONUTS FROM FDA’S MAJOR FOOD ALLERGEN LIST The Coconut Coalition of the Americas is going to spearhead the submission of a citizen petition (CP) requesting that FDA revise the FALCPA Guidance Document to remove coconut from the list of “tree nuts” identified as a major food allergen. The 2004 Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer […]
April 17, 2020 by foodsafeguru
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