Food Safety News - 10/29/2020

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IAFP features round table on the challenges and strategies for implementing water treatment in the field By Jonan Pilet on Oct 29, 2020 12:17 am Day Three of the International Association for Food Protection 2020, A Virtual Annual Meeting featured a round table discussion, “This Is How We Do It: Challenges and Strategies for Implementing Water Treatment in the Field,” with speakers with expert knowledge in agricultural water treatment. This is a vital topic in the world of food safety... Continue Reading Mystery surrounds two new E. coli outbreaks with genetic links to past Romaine events By News Desk on Oct 28, 2020 05:52 pm With Halloween only hours away, two new E. coli outbreaks have shown up to haunt the nation’s Romaine growers because genetic links to the past have been discovered. The two outbreaks of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157: H7 (STEC) illnesses are under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Centers for Disease Control, and Prevention (CDC),... Continue Reading WHO food safety expert speaks at IAFP By Joe Whitworth on Oct 28, 2020 04:46 pm The Coronavirus pandemic, why producing food is not like selling T-shirts, and technology’s role in outbreak investigation were highlights of a talk today by a food safety expert at the World Health Organization. Peter Ben Embarek gave the John H. Silliker Lecture on this final day of the International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP) annual conference... Continue Reading