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Wood-Burning Fireplaces
I have a wood-burning fireplace in my living room, but have had friends say it’s bad for my health. Is it? The short answer:
December 2, 2022
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TAG perspectives and recommendations on today’s
top topics in food safety and public health.
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Vaccination Key to Reducing Transmission of Current Infectious Diseases
In our continuing tracking of infectious diseases, TAG is seeing a number of areas of which businesses need to be aware, with particular focus
November 30, 2022
Food Safety
Will Your Food Packaging Be Banned?
Potential risk around food packaging has become a greater focus for both regulators and consumers in recent months. Certainly, there is potential risk from
November 29, 2022
Public Health>Communicable Disease
What Flu Do I Have?
Influenza is continuing to spread across the U.S. and has been declared an epidemic in Canada, and, like COVID, it’s not just a single
November 23, 2022
Food Safety
The Traceability Rule is Final. Are You Prepared for Compliance?
It’s finally here – for better or worse. More than a decade after the publication of the Food Safety Modernization Act, the mandated Traceability
November 22, 2022
Canada
CFIA Maintains Flexibility in Cattle Transport Compromise
Earlier this year, the new CFIA animal transport regulations went into effect, reducing the maximum cattle transport confinement interval without food, water and rest
November 21, 2022
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Flu Levels Bring States into the “Purple”
The CDC influenza mapping follows a color system that trends from low case levels colored in greens through yellows and reds to highs in
November 16, 2022
Food Safety
The Impact of Priority Pathogens on Foodborne Illness
An analysis of pathogen-contaminated food outbreaks from 1998 through 2020 showed that Salmonella was implicated in significantly more outbreaks than E. coli or Listeria,
November 15, 2022
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Respiratory Diseases on the Rise: What it means
Rates of respiratory diseases typically tend to increase this time of year, but this year’s increase is anything but typical. Not only are we
November 9, 2022
