Attention focuses on COVID-19 while foodborne outbreaks continue in 2020
By Coral Beach on Dec 30, 2020 12:05 am Any discussion of outbreaks in 2020 must be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, even though it is not considered a foodborne outbreak. There is no solid evidence that the virus can be transmitted by foods or food packaging. Experts say COVID-19 has roots in a live animal meat market in China. It was soon determined... Continue Reading
Warning of border disruptions as UK and EU seal trade deal
By Joe Whitworth on Dec 30, 2020 12:03 am The United Kingdom and European Union have agreed on a trade deal just days before the end of the transition period; countries in UK will be on their own. People in the UK voted to leave the EU in a 2016 referendum – a process known as Brexit. Beginning in January 2021, the UK will... Continue Reading
EFSA holds crisis training with fictional outbreak
By News Desk on Dec 30, 2020 12:01 am The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has held an online workshop on crisis preparedness, giving attention to fast-evolving, largescale foodborne disease outbreaks. Sixty-three participants attended plenary and/or working group activity sessions across two days. During the first day, there was a two-hour discussion exercise on incident response in the case of a fast-evolving, largescale foodborne... Continue Reading
By Coral Beach on Dec 30, 2020 12:05 am Any discussion of outbreaks in 2020 must be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, even though it is not considered a foodborne outbreak. There is no solid evidence that the virus can be transmitted by foods or food packaging. Experts say COVID-19 has roots in a live animal meat market in China. It was soon determined... Continue Reading
Warning of border disruptions as UK and EU seal trade deal
By Joe Whitworth on Dec 30, 2020 12:03 am The United Kingdom and European Union have agreed on a trade deal just days before the end of the transition period; countries in UK will be on their own. People in the UK voted to leave the EU in a 2016 referendum – a process known as Brexit. Beginning in January 2021, the UK will... Continue Reading
EFSA holds crisis training with fictional outbreak
By News Desk on Dec 30, 2020 12:01 am The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has held an online workshop on crisis preparedness, giving attention to fast-evolving, largescale foodborne disease outbreaks. Sixty-three participants attended plenary and/or working group activity sessions across two days. During the first day, there was a two-hour discussion exercise on incident response in the case of a fast-evolving, largescale foodborne... Continue Reading
