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Communicable Disease

COVID becoming an endemic virus

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Communicable Disease

COVID Vaccines Continue to Evolve

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CDC, COVID variant, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Regulations

EU Regulatory Awareness Can Help Reduce U.S. Risk

The European Union h...

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COVID Cases Rise Again – but Don’t Overreact

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CDC, COVID variant, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, WHO

BA.5 Continues Transmission, but Severity is Low

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CDC, COVID variant

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Food Safety

PFAS: Health, Regulatory & Perceived Risk. Which Will Have the Final Impact?

Earlier this month, ...

chasing zero, EPA, food safety, PFAS, regulation

Canada

“High in” FOP Labelling Symbol Revealed

The updated Canadian...

Canada, food industry, food safety, FOP

Cannabis

Cannabis Safety: A Consumer Matter?

There has been a sig...

Cannabis, cannabis regulation, CBD, HashTAG, potency

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Westward Wave of COVID Continues – as Projected

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CDC, COVID variant, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Question on COVID Transmission from Packaging Resurfaces

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, infectious disease

Food Safety

Water Reuse: The Need and the Safety

Water is one of the ...

food industry, food safety, HACCP, water, WHO

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Current Status & Trajectory of COVID

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CDC, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Simplified

Caffeinated Alcohol Drinks

I’ve seen cocktail...

alcoholic drinks, CDC, energy drinks, FDA, Simplified

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TAG Recommendations for COVID and Monkeypox

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CDC, COVID variant

Regulations

PFAS: The Consequences of Chasing Zero

Food companies are o...

FDA, food industry, food safety, PFAS, toxicology

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COVID Westward Migration Continues

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CDC, COVID variant, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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COVID-19 & Monkeypox Updates

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease

Regulations

Still Using UNK? Time to Update Your FSVP!

In 2021, more than h...

FDA, food industry, FSVP

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Canada

Detecting and Preventing CFIA “Posers”

Is that CFIA inspect...

CFIA, food industry, food safety, Inspections, TAG Canada

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COVID: Progressive Trajectories Very Encouraging

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CDC, COVID variant, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Monkeypox: Steps Businesses Can Take to Keep Risk Low

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease

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Food Recall

Infant Formula Recall Repercussions Impact Entire Industry

The recent shortages...

FDA, food industry, Food Recall, food safety, infant formula

Cannabis

CBD & Food-Producing Animals: Where FDA Stands

FDA has been very cl...

Cannabis, CBD, farm animals, FDA, food-producing animal, HashTAG

COVID Trends Continue, but Severity Remains Low

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CDC, COVID variant, food recalls, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Monkeypox: What It Is and How It Spreads

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CDC, infectious disease

Food Recall

High Volume Recalls = Massive Impact

While the first quar...

FDA, food industry, Food Recall, food safety

COVID U.S.: Surge Moving Westward; BA.4 and BA.5 Increasing

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CDC, COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Simplified

BPA: A History of Safe Use

Bisphenol A (BPA) is...

BPA, food industry, food safety, Simplified, toxicology

Defending Against Infectious Disease

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease

Food Safety

Consumer Concerns Steer Industry Action

Consumers cite foodb...

e. coli, food industry, food safety, foodborne illness, International Food Information Council, Listeria, salmonella

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Cases Seem to be Improving and Moving Across the Country

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COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Food Safety

What Outbreaks Teach Us About WGS

CDC’s review of th...

CDC, epidemiology, food industry, food safety, peanut butter outbreak, salmonella

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Virus Update: COVID Masks, Hepatitis Outbreak

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COVID variant, hepatitis a, Masking, Vaccination

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COVID Showing Stable and Declining Global Rates

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COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, WHO

Food Safety

Produce Continues to Prompt Regulation and Recalls

From recalls to regu...

FDA, food industry, food safety, leafy greens, Listeria, produce

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Prepare Your Business for Omicron Variant Reinfections

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CDC, COVID variant, Omicron, Vaccination

Cannabis

Congressional Cannabis Bills: Pending but Contentious

Regulations legalizi...

Cannabis, HashTAG, marijuana, MORE Act

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Levels Increasing, but Significantly Lower than Early 2022

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COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Food Safety

Avian Flu Continues its Spread: What You Can Do to Protect Flocks

Avian influenza (bir...

avian flu, bird fluAPHIS, food industry, food safety, H5N1

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Keeping Ill Workers Home Reduces Transmission of Both Infectious and Foodborne Diseases

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, foodborne diseases, infectious disease

Canada

Biosecurity Essential in Mitigating Canada’s HPAI Spread

Avian influenza (bir...

avian influenza, bird flu, Canada, consumer, food industry, food safety, HPAI

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Food Safety

Enhancing the Safety of Imported Shrimp Through Regulatory Partnerships

In early May 2022, t...

food industry, food safety, import, shrimp

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COVID Variants Continue Impacting NE U.S.

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CDC, COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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Food Safety

FAO/WHO Set Allergen Thresholds. Will the U.S.?

With both the U.S. a...

allergens, food allergies, food industry, food safety, WHO

Variants Continue to Evolve. What Does it Mean for Your Business?

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CDC, COVID variant, Omicron, Vaccination

Weekly COVID Matrix Shows “Smoldering” of Cases

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COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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Food Recall

Improving Communication to Improve Recalls: A Review of AFDO Recommendations

As of April 21, ther...

AFDO, FDA, food industry, food safety, recalls

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Cannabis

Delta-8-THC: A Question of Legality

With its derivation ...

Cannabis, CBD, consumer, Delta8THC, HashTAG

Food Safety

Keeping Tabs on FDA’s Increased Guidance “Action Levels”

The areas where FDA ...

FDA, food industry, food safety, FSVP, Imports

COVID Vaccine: How Effective Are They Against Variants?

COVID Vaccine: How E...

COVID variant, Omicron, Vaccination

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Simplified

Glyphosate in Food: Should You Worry?

Glyphosate is the ac...

EFSA, food industry, food safety, Glyphosate, Simplified

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Number of Factors Keeping U.S. COVID Rates Low

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CDC, COVID hospitalizations, COVID Protections, COVID variant, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

COVID Vaccines: The Current and Projected Status

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID Vaccines, COVID variant, infectious disease

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CDC Map Showing Low COVID Levels Across 94% of U.S.

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COVID Protections, COVID variant, infectious disease, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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Travel Mask Mandate “Outlawed” – What this Means to your Business

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, infectious disease, Omicron, Vaccination

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Food Safety

FDA’s Data Dashboard “Opens” Food Facility Doors to the Public

Under the Freedom of...

consumer, FDA, FOIA, food industry, food safety

Canada

CFIA Suspensions: Is Your Business Susceptible?

While CFIA suspendin...

Canada, CFIA, food safety, SFCR Licence

COVID Case Nudges No Cause for Behavior Change

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BA.2, COVID variant, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

COVID Levels – Follow the Curve

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BA.2, COVID variant, Vaccination

Food Safety

Mycotoxins: A Dogged Issue Heightened by Climate Change

With the worldwide c...

food industry, food safety, mycotoxins, pet food, supply chain, WHO

Cases decreasing: Maintain Course

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COVID variant, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

New England Cases Rise – What’s It Really Mean?

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, Flu vaccine, infectious disease, Vaccination

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Food Safety

Conditions are Ripe for EMA

Conditions are Ripe ...

consumer, EMA, FDA, food industry, food safety, supply chain

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U.S. Seeing Only a Blip in Cases Despite BA.2 Dominance

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BA.2, CDC, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Global COVID Flattening, Showing No Rise in U.S.

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COVID Protections, COVID variant, infectious disease, Omicron

Food Recall

Recall Readiness: Preparedness, Discovery, Action

Recalls in the food ...

FDA, food industry, food safety, New Era of Smarter Food Safety, product recall, recall

Canada

Are You Prepared for “High in” Labelling?

It has been nearly s...

Canada, FDA, food industry, food safety, labeling, regulations

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Trends Indicate Slight Nudge (not surge) in U.S. COVID Cases

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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Regulations

Is FDA’s Extended Enforcement Discretion Applicable to Your Facility?

On Friday, March 11,...

FDA, food industry, food safety, FSMA, FSVP, intentional adulteration

On the whole: Each week is looking better!

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease, Vaccination

Coronavirus COVID-19 all around the Earth.

What Do Europe’s COVID Trends mean for Current US Decline?

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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Symptom Monitoring Key to Limiting Workplace Transmissible Disease

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, Influenza Vaccine, Vaccination

Food Safety

How Workable is FDA’s New Proposed Ag Water Rule?

With National Ground...

agricultural water, FDA, food industry, food safety, FSMA, National Groundwater Awareness Weel, World Water Day

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Cannabis

Federal Edible Legalization: What’s the Holdup?

Federal Edible Legal...

Cannabis, CBD, Edible, Farm Bill, FDA

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All Signs Show a “Return to Normal” Ahead

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CDC, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, Omicron, Return to Normal, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Food Safety

Are Seafood Processors Subject to FSMA? The Short Answer: Yes, Some of the Rules

Are Seafood Processo...

food industry, food safety, FSMA, FSVP, hazard analysis, seafood HACCP

Sustaining the Next Normal

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease, New normal, next normal, Vaccination

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Communicable Disease

How Do CDC’s Adjusted Community Levels Apply to Your Workforce Levels?

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CDC, communicable disease, infectious disease, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Legislation New Laws Government Action Regulation Headlines News

CDC Updates Mask Guidance, Provides County-Searchable Tool

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CDC, COVID Protections, infectious disease, masking guidance, Omicron, Vaccination

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Supply Chain

World Events Continue to Increase Food Industry Challenges

World Events Continu...

consumer, facility management, food industry, food safety, supply chain, Ukraine

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Is COVID Shifting from a Pandemic to an Endemic Disease?

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CDC, COVID variant, endemic, infectious disease, Masking, Omicron, pandemic, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

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Assessing Risk for Lifting Mask Requirements in Your Business

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, infectious disease, Masking, Omicron

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Food Defense

Zero Tolerance on Chlorpyrifos Residue Heightens Need for Traceability

Zero Tolerance on Ch...

chlorpyrifos, FDA, food industry, food safety, traceability

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When Can We Reduce Masking Requirements?

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CDC, infectious disease, masking requirements, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

As COVID Recedes, New Challenges Arise

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, flu, hepatitis a, Omicron, public health, WHO

Food Defense

FDA Resumes Inspections, Plans 2022 Guidance

FDA Resumes Inspecti...

2022 Guidance, allergens, FDA, food industry, food safety, FSMA, labeling

Cannabis

Cannabis Recall Analysis Provides Lessons for Industry

Cannabis Recall Anal...

Cannabis, CBD, HashTAG

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COVID Declining; Continuing to Impart Lessons for Infectious Disease Control

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CDC, COVID variant, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, WHO

COVID Transitional Period Increases Masking Debate

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CDC, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Omicron, Vaccination

Food Safety

The Hygiene Hypothesis and Allergy Reduction

The Hygiene Hypothes...

egg allergies, FDA, food allergies, food industry, food safety, peanut allergies

TAG COVID Matrix Showing Encouraging Trends

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COVID variant, infectious disease, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

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Cliché but True: Keep Calm and Carry On

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CDC, COVID variant, Delta, Omicron, Vaccination

Food Defense

FDA Retains Regulatory Flexibility to Offset Continued Supply Chain Disruptions

With supply chain is...

FDA, food defense, food industry, food safety, supply chain, temporary guidance

TAG Holds Guarded Optimism for the Ebbing of Omicron

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, Guarded Optimism, infectious disease, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, WHO

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Supply Chain

Looking Past the Pandemic to Resolve Challenges

Since the first year...

consumer, food industry, Great Resignation, supply chain

What Does an Endemic COVID Really Mean?

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CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, endemic, infectious disease, Omicron

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Canada

Will Your “Natural” Label Pass a CFIA Inspection?

In late 2021, the Ca...

Canada, CFIA, food safety

COVID Case Rates Following Predictable Pattern

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COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, infectious disease, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix