Countries have addressed 10 new trade concerns at a recent meeting of a World Trade Organization (WTO) committee. Topics at the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures meeting on March 25 and 26 were raised by India, China, Peru, Turkey and Mexico and included animal and plant products, pesticides and maximum residue levels (MRLs).…
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Commissioner Richard A. Ball is warning consumers not to consume unpasteurized, raw milk from Happy Hollow Dairy Farm because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Happy Hollow Dairy Farm is in Springville, NY. The warning comes after a sample of the milk collected by an inspector from the…
Reprinted by Bill Marler in full without permission from Tim York’s column in The Packer. Food safety attorney Bill Marler was heavily promoting his appearance a couple weeks ago at the Food and Drug Law Institute conference with posts on social media. In his own publication, Food Safety News, he called on President Biden to have leaders at…
When I started my fertility journey, I expected a little inconvenience. I’d mentally prepared for progesterone and estrogen therapy, regular trips to the doctor’s office for hormone level checks, and disruptions to my work schedule. But I wasn’t worried about my chances of getting pregnant. Black women and infertility weren’t top of mind. My biggest…
In our Sleeping With… series, we ask people from different career paths, backgrounds, and stages of life how they make sleep magic happen.Whoopi Goldberg’s ideal night of rest and self-care involves wandering around her house and being left alone. For example: At a certain hour, she leaves her cell phone in another room and relies…
Earth Day is always a good reminder to think about the ways that you could be reducing waste. Some of the best things you can do for the planet as a consumer is to buy less overall, reuse what you have, and opt for buying used goods that prevent secondhand items from going toward a…
Registrations for the second annual Food Safety Summit South Africa, set for June 8-9, are open and an invitation is extended to all food safety professionals to join the virtual event. Delegates can register for one or both days. Early bird rates apply until April 30. There are also sponsorship opportunities that include speaking slots…
The national hepatitis A outbreak has not yet burned out. Since 2016, 35 states have reported 38,476 hepatitis A cases. Through April 2, 2021, 61 percent or 23,373 of the stricken have required hospitalization, and 365 have died. The Division of Viral Hepatitis at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2017…
Opinion On April 6, the Food and Drug Administration fired an unmistakable warning shot at the leafy greens industry. I hope it will serve as a call to urgent action that gets to the root of the problem of the persistent presence of dangerous E. coli in the growing environment for leafy greens and other fresh…
The European Commission has rejected pleas to suspend horsemeat imports from Argentina for food safety and animal welfare reasons. Some Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) called for the ban in a written question in December. Stella Kyriakides, Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, replied on behalf of the EU Commission in March. The Intergroup…