Food Safety

The WHO/FAO/OIE technical brief on WASH and wastewater management to reduce the spread of AMR provides a summary of evidence and rationale for WASH and wastewater actions within AMR NAPs and sector specific policy to combat AMR. Evidence and actions are presented in the domains of; coordination and leadership, households and communities, health care facilities, animal and plant production, manufacturing of antimicrobials, and surveillance and research.

The US Department of Agriculture most frequently asked questions and responses about the Coronavirus and Food Safety.

The USDA ERS report about US Produce Growers Decision making Under Evolving Food Safety Standards was released in June 2019.

FDA has issued its annual Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Report for FY 2019.  The report summarizes the results of FDA’s pesticide monitoring program which found that the majority of tested samples had pesticide residues below the limits (known as 'tolerances') set by the U.S.

The FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule is accessible in multiple languages that are translated in Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Portugese.   The Produce Safety Rule establishes for the first time, science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packaging, and holding of fruits and vegetables grown for human consumption.

HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published an article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) which found that during 2020, FoodNet identified 26% fewer foodborne infections compared with the average annual number of infections during 2017–2019.  The 26% decrease in incidence of infections caused by pathogens transmitted commonly through food during 2020 was the largest single-year variation in incidence during 25 years of FoodNet surveillance.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) published guidance about Good Manufacturing Practices for the Production of Ready-to-eat Unpasteurized Fermented Plant-based Products to assist producers to produce safe products. 

A compilation of digital guidance resources to decrease the potential of foodborne outbreaks at retailers that are focused on Controlling Listeria monocytogenes at retail; Retail Beef Grinding Records; Beef Intended Use; Chicken Liver; Shopper History, etc.

The most recent guidance for food businesses about the viruses causing respiratory illnesses including SARS CoV-2 and the current data.

The most recent resources from the FAO about mitigating the pandemics impact on food and agriculture.