Backgrounders

When you need to get up to speed quickly on food safety issues including Listeria, Salmonella, Avian Influenza and more, these backgrounders developed by our food safety experts are your go-to-source. 

Key Food Safety Backgrounders

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Apr 24, 2024
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of man-made chemicals used in a number of consumer ...

Animal Health Update: Influenza A Viruses including Avian Influenza and Bovine Influenza

Apr 15, 2024
Highly Pathogenic influenza is an infectious viral disease caused by influenza A ...

Monkeypox Frequently Asked Questions

Jun 13, 2022
The CDC and other public health agencies are tracking multiple cases of monkeypox in countries that typically don’t report monkeypox, including the U.S. Current monkeypox outbreaks are occurring in widely disparate geographic ...

FDA Investigation of Powdered Infant Formula

Feb 18, 2022
U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) issued an advisory that directs consumers to not consume implicated baby formula products produced in the Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, MI facility. Abbott Nutrition has also issued a voluntary ...

Heavy Metals in Baby Food

Mar 26, 2021
A congressional report entitled “Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury” was published by the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy Committee on Oversight and ...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) FAQ

Jan 28, 2020
The 2019 novel coronavirus is from a family of viruses known as coronaviruses that are common around the world. The new coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China and has caused thousands of illnesses in China and a growing ...
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