September 3 episode preview: Strategies, Insights and Best Practices in food defense.
September 3 episode preview: Strategies, Insights and Best Practices in food defense.
During a multi-agency COVID-19 update with FDA, CDC and OSHA, it became clear that further clarification regarding the FDA-OSHA checklist released in August was needed.
More than 350 workers at the poultry processing facility located in Livingston, California have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
Domestic inspections will be preannounced, but it is not very clear how the agency will determine where they will conduct inspections first. And with COVID-19 surging in some states, it may not even be safe to send inspectors into facilities.
Technology plays a key role in facilitating ongoing coordination between human resources and security that bolsters food defense in a COVID-19 world.
The food system can move forward with less disruption only when the industry has leaders who understand the intricacies and the ripple effects of the challenges it faces, says Jennifer van de Ligt, Ph.D., director of the University of Minnesota Integrated Food Systems Leadership Program.
Three Pennsylvania workers from Maid-Rite Specialty Foods have filed a lawsuit stating that OSHA did not facilitate a safe working environment.
The event begins on September 3 and runs through December 17. Registration is open now.
The blueprint is commitment to American consumers that the agency will work as fast and effectively as possible to provide the “safest food system in the world.”
The blueprint will also include lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.