Food Safety News - 01/18/2021 ....Resilience in food safety for 2021: Consumer related challenges

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Resilience in food safety for 2021: Consumer related challenges By Jonan Pilet on Jan 18, 2021 12:05 am Sponsored Editor’s note: In part two of this four-part series with SafetyChain Software, Food Safety News reviews how food firms can become resilient in the face of 2021’s new challenges, how resilience will be needed in reducing supply chain risks. Dr. David Acheson, CEO & president of The Acheson Group, suggests that food firms will need resilience... Continue Reading GAO recommends EPA track use of pesticide information for farmworkers By Dan Flynn on Jan 18, 2021 12:03 am Farmworkers exposed to agricultural pesticides need additional information on how to protect themselves, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Since 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has had a Worker Protection Standard (WPS) for agriculture that permits farmworkers to identify someone who can request a farm’s pesticide information for their benefit. In a... Continue Reading EU’s crisis plan gets feedback from food sector By Joe Whitworth on Jan 18, 2021 12:01 am The European Commission is developing steps to be followed in times of a crisis based on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. The contingency plan is a set of procedures to be put in place in times of crises to ensure food supply and food security across the EU. It will cover different food system-related sectors... Continue Reading