Food Safety News Tue 4/14/2020

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Food Safety News
Tue 4/14/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Two large meat facilities shutdown because of too many employee COVID-19 cases By Dan Flynn on Apr 14, 2020 12:05 am COVID-19 has forced the closures of the Smithfield Foods pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, SD, and the JBS USA beef plant in Greeley, CO. Smithfield on Easter Sunday announced the former John Morrell plant in Sioux Falls, one of the largest pork processing facilities in the U.S., would be closed indefinitely. JBS on Monday... Continue Reading WHO and EU Commission publish coronavirus food safety advice By Joe Whitworth on Apr 14, 2020 12:03 am The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission have published separate guidance about coronavirus and food safety. The WHO interim guidance for food businesses said it was “highly unlikely” that people can contract COVID-19 from food or food packaging. Coronaviruses cannot multiply in food as they need an animal or human host. Earlier this month,... Continue Reading