December 21, 2021
Insights
TAG perspectives and recommendations on today’s
top topics in food safety and public health.
December 21, 2021
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Are You Prepared for a Twindemic?
Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the possibility of a “twindemic” and how businesses can prepare. Read more below. The Omicron
December 21, 2021
Food Safety|Canada
Judicious Transition from Gestation Crates Beneficial to Producer as well as Sows
Pork producers are facing increasing trends and regulations limiting, or banning, the use of gestational crates. The most current regulation is that of California’s
December 17, 2021
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Omicron in the US: Likely in the Calm before a Surge
Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the rise of Omicron. Read more here. COVID deaths in the US surpass 800,000 (NYT).
December 16, 2021
Food Safety
What the Proposed Ag Water Requirements Mean for Growers
Six years after FDA’s publication of FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule, the agency has published the long-awaited proposed rule revising the pre-harvest agricultural water requirements
December 14, 2021
Public Health>Communicable Disease
COVID Protection Strategies in Food Manufacturing Proven Effective
Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss COVID protection strategies in food manufacturing. Read more below. The C.D.C. found 43 Omicron cases
December 14, 2021
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Delta Wave Continues in U.S.; Be Sure Handwashing is Included in Protective Measures
Key Points In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss the continuing wave of the Delta variant and the importance of including handwashing in protective
December 9, 2021
Food Safety
Accredited Lab Rule Published: What Does it Mean to You?
FDA has, at long last, issued the Final Rule for Laboratory Accreditation for Analyses of Food (LAAF Rule), laying out the specifications for the
December 7, 2021
