Food News Now: Emails reveal OSHA, USDA waited months to tackle Covid outbreaks in meatpacking plants and more

The agencies waited more than three months into the pandemic—and after a plant shut down because...

Subscribe Tuesday, February 09, 2021 Food Technology magazine Uncorking Wine Fraud With Spectroscopy A startup in Oxford, England, aims to curb wine and other forms of food fraud by leveraging spectroscopy to analyze a bottle's contents, without ever popping the cork. The Counter Emails reveal OSHA, USDA waited months to tackle Covid outbreaks in meatpacking plants The agencies waited more than three months into the pandemic—and after a plant shut down because workers fell ill—to plan a response, according to emails obtained by Public Citizen. FAO UN committee calls for comprehensive transformation of agri-food systems The 47th session of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has kicked off with a call to step up joint action towards a comprehensive transformation of global agri-food systems. PR Newswire BrandSpark International names Eggland's Best America's Most Trusted Egg brand After calling on more than 18,000 shoppers to participate in BrandSpark's annual American Trust Study, it has once again named Eggland's Best America's Most Trusted Egg. Civil Eats Rodale enlists Cargill in unlikely alliance to increase organic farmland The project is called the U.S. Organic Grain Initiative, and it's designed to help more farmers adopt organic practices and fill a gap in domestic organic animal feed. Sponsored Content Responsible Stewards of the Land The California almond industry is committed to growing almonds in better, safer and healthier ways. California Almonds. Own What's Next, Right Now. Wageningen Univ. Wageningen team enters iGEM with solution to reduce methane emissions on farms The Wageningen Univ. iGEM team is developing the first-ever bio-filtration system specific for removing both ammonia and methane from cattle sheds. FDA FDA announces new sampling plan for romaine grown in the Yuma, Ariz. region The FDA plans to begin collecting samples of romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in February and intends to continue sampling through the end of the romaine harvest season in Yuma. Reuters Nestle says Gerber products in China are safe, rejects group's post Nestle said on Tuesday its Gerber baby cereal products made and sold in China are safe and it had reported to authorities an association that advised its members, in a post on social media, to stop... PR Newswire The Real Coconut Products Co. hires Camille Gibson as CEO The Real Coconut Products Co., the gluten-, grain-, and dairy-free tortilla and chip company, has named former General Mills executive Camille Gibson as CEO. Institute of Food Technologists | 525 W. Van Buren St. | Suite 1000 | Chicago, IL 60607 | USA This newsletter made Smart by Subscribe | Report | Learn More | Unsubscribe | Contact