FDA Provides Temporary Flexibility for Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

From the FDA CFSAN updates. FDA is issuing this guidance to provide restaurants and food manufacturers with flexibility regarding nutrition labeling so that they can sell certain packaged foods during the COVID-19 pandemic.   This guidance does not apply to foods prepared by restaurants. The guidance, due to the exceptional situation, has not been opened for … Continue reading FDA Provides Temporary Flexibility for Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Coronavirus and Food – No panic

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IBBLFfELAY Recent advice from EFSA, ECDC, WHO, Bfr and ANSES are clear in excluding the transmission of the virus via food. It is much more debated the survival of the virus on surfaces, but on "living" ones like food the chance of survival looks much more limited than on industrial steel, for instance. Moreover a proper handling … Continue reading Coronavirus and Food – No panic