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Jan

Asian Woman Showing Vaccinated Arm Vector Illustration

Build Your Systems for COVID’s Next Wave

Key Points: In today...

CDC, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, infectious disease, Omicron, Vaccination

Jan

Even Unrelated Vaccines Can Help Protect Against COVID-19

Key Points: In today...

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

Jan

Omicron Covid-19 SARS-CoV-2 handwritten CORONAVIRUS quotes with

Yes, Omicron is Here but No Need for Panic

Key Points: In today...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, FDA, MRSA, Omicron, Vaccination

Jan

Storm cyclone over summer fields, hills and forests

2022: Hold on to Your Hat: Squalls Ahead

As we discussed in l...

2022 Regulations, FDA, food industry, food safety, FSIS, salmonella, traceability

Jan

woman showing thumb up and her arm with bandage after got vaccinated or inoculation

Back to Basics: Looking Ahead & Looking Back

Key Points: In today...

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

Jan

2021 looking back text on white card on office desk. Year highli

TAG Looks Back at 2021

Continuing TAG’s t...

2021 look back, 2021 review, baby food, e. coli, food safety, rules and regulations, TAG Insights

Jan

Testing Before Return from Isolation

Key Points: In today...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID variant, Omicron, Vaccination

Dec

3D rendering of footstep stamps on an airport queue representing social distancing

Preparing for Increased Absenteeism in January

Key Points: In today...

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

Dec

Communication and meeting in office after returning from quarantine. Young guy and african american woman in protective mask talking through glass board at workplace

Managing Your Workforce in the Omicron Spread and Shortened Recommendations

Key Points: In today...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, Omicron, Vaccination

Dec

Flip the wooden cube to change from 2021 to 2022. New 2022.

Letter from TAG’s President

As 2021 winds down a...

Canada, food industry, food safety, Letter from the President, TAG, TAG Canada

Dec

Communicable Disease

Omicron is Surging, while Delta Continues to Rove

Key Points: In today...

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

Dec

Food Safety

A TAG Analysis of 15 Years of Recall Events

On January 13, 2009,...

e. coli, FDA, food industry, food safety, recalls, salmonella, supply chain

Dec

Communicable Disease

Are You Prepared for a Twindemic?

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Omicron, Vaccination, WHO

Dec

Happy yellow earth pig on the farm. Sow and piglet. Symbol of th

Food Safety

Judicious Transition from Gestation Crates Beneficial to Producer as well as Sows

Pork producers are f...

2022 Regulations, Canada, food industry, food safety, pork, pork producer, Prop 12, sow, TAG Canada

Dec

Increase in virus cases illustrated by a rising graph

Communicable Disease

Omicron in the US: Likely in the Calm before a Surge

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, infectious disease, Omicron, Return to Work, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Travel, Vaccination

Dec

Asian factory workers were checking list with chart to safety po

Communicable Disease

COVID Protection Strategies in Food Manufacturing Proven Effective

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, Omicron, Vaccination

Dec

Irrigation systems in a vegetable garden

Food Safety

What the Proposed Ag Water Requirements Mean for Growers

Six years after FDA�...

2021 Regulations, 2022 Regulations, ag water, FDA, food industry, food safety, FSMA Produce Safety Rule

Dec

Communicable Disease

Delta Wave Continues in U.S.; Be Sure Handwashing is Included in Protective Measures

Key Points In today�...

CDC, communicable diseases, COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination, WHO

Dec

cropped view of molecular nutritionist using microscope and sitt

Food Defense

Accredited Lab Rule Published: What Does it Mean to You?

FDA has, at long las...

2021 Regulations, FDA, food industry, food safety, FSMA, LAAF Rule, supply chain

Dec

Mutant virus in a vaccine bottle, coronavirus COVID 19 variant

Communicable Disease

Omicron: A Beginning Understanding?

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, infectious disease, Omicron, Vaccination

Dec

Communicable Disease

Omicron Detected; Biden to Announce New COVID Protections

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination, WHO

Nov

Frau bedient Maschine in der Lebensmittelindustrie – Fabrik zur

Food Safety

Would Your Preventive Controls Stand Up to an FDA Inspection?

Although FDA investi...

2021 Regulations, animal food, FDA, food industry, food safety, FSMA, Human food, PCQI

Nov

Flu Season theme with viral and hygiene objects

Communicable Disease

‘Tis the Season…

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, J&J Vaccine, Omicron, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Nov

Outbreaks in in the United States of America, Canada, Mexico with foci with coronavirus infection covid-19 SARS-CoV-2.

Communicable Disease

Exclusive TAG Update: Yes, Omicron Has Spread, but NOT a Cause for Panic

Exclusive TAG Update...

COVID Protections, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Omicron, Vaccination, WHO

Nov

Communicable Disease

Triad of Trends Compels Double-Down on Symptom Monitoring

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Vaccination, WHO

Nov

Communicable Disease

Climate Change Impacts on Food Safety

With the worldwide c...

climate change, food industry, food safety, GHG, supply chain

Nov

Blackboard with text “Public health”, pills, book and stethoscope on wooden background

Communicable Disease

TAG Responds to Employer’s Questions on the ETS

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, ETS Q&A, OSHA, OSHA ETS, Q&A, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Nov

Food Defense

Heavy Metals: A Hazard but Not Necessarily a Risk

In recent months, th...

Baby Food Heavy Metals, EUFIC, food industry, food safety, heavy metals, risk assessment, ScienceDirect

Nov

medical worker holding alarm clock over gray background. time to vaccination concept. medicine conceptual

Communicable Disease

Businesses Likely Not Held to OSHA ETS Deadlines: A Legal Opinion

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, OSHA, OSHA ETS, OSHA Guidance, Vaccination, WHO

Nov

Close up image of hands holding animal feed at a stock yard

Canada

Proposed Feeds Regulations Moves Forward. Are You Prepared?

As part of a multi-y...

Canada, Canada Food Inspection Agency, Feeds Regulation, Licence, PCP, supply chain, traceability

Nov

Cannabis

Guarding Against the Many Risks of Mislabeled Cannabis Products

THC-infused products...

Cannabis, CBD, dispensary, edibles, HashTAG, OLCC, regulation, THC

Nov

Coronavirus or Covid-19 pandemic News Update background concept.

Communicable Disease

U.S. COVID Case Rate Descent Hits Plateau

Key Points In today�...

COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Nov

Business concept meaning OSHA Regulations with sign on the sheet.

Communicable Disease

OSHA ETS Temporarily Stayed…and Other COVID News

Key Points In today�...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, FDA, OSHA, OSHA ETS, Pfizer, Vaccination

Nov

Conceptual image of quality and feedback

Food Safety

Consumer Trust Has Changed. Are You in Sync?

In the past, consume...

consumer, consumer trust, food industry, food safety, food safety management, supply chain, USDA

Nov

A newspaper on a desk with the headline Press Release

Communicable Disease

OSHA Vaccine/Testing Standards Published

Key Points In today�...

COVID Protections, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, ETS, OSHA, OSHA ETS, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Nov

Food Safety

Salmonella Contamination Focus Continues to Increase

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consumer, food industry, food safety, poultry, salmonella, USDA

Nov

coronavirus vaccination on world map. world covid pandemic. Vector herd immunity background

Communicable Disease

Case Rates Fluctuating Around the Globe

In today’s Recomme...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, FDA, Vaccination, WHO

Oct

Doctor touching a vaccine concept – 3d rendering

Communicable Disease

COVID Protections: Keep on Keeping on

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID-19 Booster, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Oct

Covid-19 Vaccine Research and Development progress – Global trial phase 3 concept. Hand of a researcher take a 2019-nCov vaccine vial with loading bar and syringe needle beside. Hope, Support, Success

Communicable Disease

Vaccine Mandate & Booster Updates

In today’s Recomme...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, J&J Vaccine, OSHA, public health, Vaccination

Oct

Food Safety

Regulators Are Focused on Heavy Metals. Are You?

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baby food, Baby Food Heavy Metals, FDA, fish, food industry, food safety, food safety management, infant, ingredient

Oct

Infographic interface and coronavirus statistics in night city

Communicable Disease

US & Global Hotspots Prompt Recommendation for Continued Protections

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, infectious disease, public health, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Oct

Food Safety

WGS Proves to Have Significant Benefits for Food Safety – and Public Health

WGS Proves to Have S...

e. coli, FDA, food industry, foodborne illness, GenomeTrakr, Listeria, salmonella

Oct

Testing for coronavirus Covid-19 in a lab. Covid medical screening

Communicable Disease

Influenza, COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccinations

In today’s Recomme...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, FDA, infectious disease, public health, Vaccination

Oct

Syringe with liquid vaccines booster. fight against virus covid-19 coronavirus, Vaccination and immunization. diseases,medical care,science, vaccine booster concept.

Communicable Disease

Where is COVID-19 Heading Now?

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, infectious disease, J&J Vaccine, OSHA Guidance, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Oct

Close-up medical syringe with a vaccine.

Communicable Disease

Are you Prepared for the OSHA Vaccine/Testing Standards?

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, FDA, infectious disease, OSHA, Vaccination

Oct

Food Safety

Animal Welfare and the Science of Today

Animal Welfare and t...

e. coli, food industry, food safety, poultry, salmonella, supply chain

Oct

Fresh organic green lettuce leaf vegetable growth outdoor on field, ready to harvest

Canada

Romaine Lettuce Import Restrictions in Effect through Year-End

Romaine Lettuce Impo...

2021 Regulations, Canada, consumer, e. coli, FDA, food industry, food safety, romaine, supply chain

Oct

Communicable Disease

COVID-19 Trends Spur Cautious Optimism

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Oct

Food Safety

Calibrate Your Indoor Growing Process to Risk, Not Just Regulation

Calibrate Your Indoo...

food industry, food safety, greenhouse, indoor growing, supply chain

Oct

Female medical staff worker wearing protective equipment takes sample from nose of a patient to antigen test for coronavirus.

Communicable Disease

Is it Safe to Get the COVID-19 & Flu Vaccines at the Same Time?

In today’s Recomme...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID variant, COVID-19 Booster, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Vaccination

Sep

Focus on vaccine, doctor or nurse hands taking covid vaccination

Communicable Disease

COVID-19 Employee Testing: TAG Addresses Your Questions

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID testing, COVID treatment, COVID variant, Delta, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Sep

Food Recall

Novel Food Outbreaks – Cause for Concern and New Discovery

Novel Food Outbreaks...

CDC, e. coli, food industry, food safety, salmonella, shiga-toxin E. coli

Sep

Covid-19, night city, neon lights, dark empty streets, abstraction background with elements of the virus. The epidemic of viral diseases. Micro organisms, macro. Pandemic, social environment.

Communicable Disease

COVID Mitigation Continues with Booster Guidance and Antivirals

In today’s Recomme...

CDC, COVID Protections, COVID treatment, COVID-19 Booster, FDA, infectious disease

Sep

Cannabis

Delta-8 THC: The Legalities and Health Risks

Delta-8 THC: The Leg...

Cannabis, Delta-8 THC

Sep

Syringe with needle, vial, surgical face mask and passport or visa on a white table ready to be used. Covid or Coronavirus vaccine background

Uncategorized

TAG’s Take on FDA’s New Vaccine Booster EUA

In today’s Recomme...

COVID-19 Booster

Sep

Two hardworking supervisors checking statistics while standing in food plant. Younger one holding tablet. Both are dressed in white sterile uniforms.

Food Safety

Is Your Import System FDA ready?

Is Your Import Syste...

FDA, FSVP, Imported Products

Sep

ampoules with Covid-19 vaccine on a laboratory bench. to fight the coronavirus / sars-cov-2 pandemic.

TAG Answers Flu Vaccine Questions

In today’s Recomme...

COVID-19 Booster, Vaccine Q&A

Sep

travel safe during the coronavirus pandemic. airplane model with

NRA Provides Update on OSHA’s Vaccine/Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)

In today’s Recomme...

Vaccination

Sep

Consumer Behavior Concept. Book Title. 3D.

When Food Safety Practices Succumb to Consumer Perception

When Food Safety Pra...

Sep

Uncategorized

Preparing for the Biden Vaccination/Testing Mandate

In today’s Reco...

Sep

Canada

Canada Takes instrumental Step to Standardize Labelling Compliance Dates

In a unique and note...

Sep

Communicable Disease

REGEN-COV Showing Positive Signs for COVID Treatment

In today’s Recomme...

COVID treatment, COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Sep

Communicable Disease

Mu Variant Not a New Strain in U.S.

In today’s Recomme...

COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Mu variant, Vaccination

Sep

September is National Preparedness Month. Holiday concept. Template for background, banner, card, poster with text inscription. Vector EPS10 illustration.

Food Safety

ERM Helps Businesses “Prepare to Protect”

Since 2004, the U.S....

ERM, FEMA, food safety, health hazards, National Preparedness Month, natural hazards, NPM, supply chain

Sep

Communicable Disease

TAG Risk Matrix Shows Both Positive and Negative Trends

In today’s Recomme...

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

Aug

assortment of different grains – buckwheat, rice, lentils, quinoa

Food Safety

Are Your Environmental Controls Protecting Your Low-Moisture Foods?

While the news conti...

FDA, food industry, food safety, GMP, low-moisture food, USDA NFIA

Aug

Communicable Disease

Considering a Vaccine Mandate? New Research says Consider Natural Immunity as Well

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID variant, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, immunity, Vaccination

Aug

Communicable Disease

Some Optimism Seen, but Expect to Retain Controls into 2022

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, Face Masks, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix

Aug

Food Safety

What Would Be Your Whistleblower Response?

If an employee had a...

food safety, FSMA, FSMA Whistleblower Act, OSHA, whistleblower

Aug

Communicable Disease

Employee Wellness: Summer’s End Brings New COVID Questions and Stressors.

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID variant, Delta, Encouraging Vaccination, Face Masks, infectious disease, Vaccination, Vaccine Q&A

Aug

Communicable Disease

An In-Depth Look at COVID-19 Variants of Concern

In today’s Recomme...

COVID variant, Delta, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, WHO

Aug

Canada

Who, When and Why Does a Food Business Need a SFCR Licence?

Who, When and Why Do...

SFCR Licence

Aug

Communicable Disease

Contaminated-Water Action Plan Critical Prep for Hurricane Season

In today’s Recomme...

cholera, contaminated water, COVID Protections, COVID variant, Delta, e. coli, infectious disease, OSHA Guidance

Aug

Food Safety

Close the Trust Gap with “Competitive” Food Safety

It often is said tha...

consumer, food industry, food safety, ingredient, manufacturing

Aug

Colored gelatins, yellow capsules and letters cbd on a white background

Cannabis

CBD Legislation Continues Moving Through the States

CBD Legislation Cont...

CBD Legislation

Aug

Uncategorized

Taking A Turn Or Backing Up?

In today’s Recomme...

Aug

Uncategorized

Vaccines: To Mandate or Not to Mandate?

This year, the Sturg...

Aug

What should you do if you think you may have a recall situation?

Food Recall

Recall Planning: Not If but When

It’s Monday mornin...

communication, consumer, FDA, Food Recall, food safety, food safety management, recall, risk communication, root cause, root cause analysis, supply chain, template, trust, USDA

Aug

Uncategorized

The known unknowns – how is the Delta variant impacting vaccine efficacy?

In today’s Recomme...

Aug

Surprising News Shocking Unbelievable Headlines Ripped Torn News

Food Safety

How the Next “Shock and Awe” Headline Could Impact Your Business

How the Next “Shoc...

risk

Aug

Uncategorized

TAG Updates Workplace Delta Protections Based on New CDC Data

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CDC, Delta, Face Masks

Jul

packages and coronavirus cell 3d-illustration symbolic. elements

Communicable Disease

TAG’s Take on New CDC Guidance and What’s Coming Down the Road

In today’s Recomme...

CDC, COVID variant, Delta, Face Masks, infectious disease, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, transmissible disease, Transmission Rates Increasing, Vaccination

Jul

Food Safety

FDA To Adjust Foreign Country Food Safety Systems Recognition Oversight

FDA To Adjust Foreig...

FDA, Food Import, food industry, food safety, import, Systems Recognition Arrangements

Jul

Communicable Disease

Legionella and Norovirus Cases Increase as Employees Return to Work

In today’s Recomme...

communicable diseases, infectious disease, legionella, norovirus, Return to Work

Jul

Covid-19 Coronavirus News and Help banner. 3D rendering illustration

Communicable Disease

Risk Matrix

In today’s Recomme...

COVID variant, Delta, Risk Matrix, TAG Risk Matrix, Transmission Rates Increasing, Vaccination

Jul

Food Safety

Codex Adds Global Focus to Food Safety Culture

Food safety culture ...

behavior, Canada, codex, codex alimentarius, consumer health, FAO, FAO/WHO, FDA, food hygiene, food safety, food safety culture, food safety practices, Food Standards Programme, GFSI, new era of food safety blueprint, public health, Safe Food, traceability, WHO

Jul

Communicable Disease

Tracking Workplace Transmissible Diseases

In today’s Recomme...

public health, Return to Work, transmissible disease

Jul

Communicable Disease

Increased Cases May Necessitate Re-masking Mandates

In today’s Recomme...

COVID Protections, COVID variant, Delta, Face Masks, TAG Risk Matrix

Jul

Communicable Disease

Is Your Business Mindset-Shift Ready?

In today’s Recomme...

COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, Return to Work, Vaccination

Jul

Raw Flour and Raw Egg Continue to Pose Risks to Consumer Health

Food Recall

Raw Flour: Maintaining the Chain of Food Safety into the Home

Raw Flour: Maintaini...

Jul

Communicable Disease

U.S. Seeing Increased COVID Transmission Despite Vaccinations

In today’s Recomme...

COVID variant, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Jul

Hand writing the text: What Do You Need to Know?

Food Defense

FDA’s Intended Guidance List Foretells Agency Focus

FDA’s Intended Gui...

Jul

Communicable Disease

Encouraging Vaccines: COVID and Influenza

In today’s Recomme...

COVID variant, Vaccination

Jul

Communicable Disease

Where There’s (COVID) Smoke…

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COVID variant, TAG Risk Matrix, Vaccination

Jun

Percent of Vaccinated Can Determine Needed Protections

Key Points In today�...

COVID variant, FDA, Vaccination

Jun

Food Safety

TAG’s Take on the FDA and USDA FY2022 Budget Requests

TAG’s Take on the ...

Jun

Cannabis

Federal Momentum Continues Toward Cannabis Edibles

Movement on cannabis...

HashTAG

Jun

Communicable Disease

Study: Previously Infected May Not Need COVID Vaccine

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COVID variant, Encouraging Vaccination, infectious disease, Vaccination

Jun

Farm producing produce near animal production

Food Recall

Produce Safety vs. Animal Contamination: How Do We Bridge the Gap?

Produce Safety vs. A...

Jun

Communicable Disease

No Red Flags, But Spaces to Watch

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COVID variant, TAG Risk Matrix