Acronyms are everywhere in pharmaceutical and food safety. However, some are more important than others. The World Health Organization’s PQS certification is one that sets the global standard on effective cold chain equipment. Otherwise known as “Performance, Quality, and Safety”, PQS is granted by the WHO for a comprehensive range of cold chain equipment, injection devices and other products needed for safe and ...
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The FDA has been releasing final rules to govern various links in the food safety chain since 2015. Their latest announcement, the sixth set of rules, covers food transportation safety. While food transporters have been aware of these changes and taken proactive steps to move toward compliance, many may not be ready for some or all of the changes, which includes documenting temperature controls.
April 24-30, 2016 is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Immunization Week 2016. According to the WHO Website, World Immunization Week – celebrated in the last week of April – aims to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease.
Vaccine safety and efficacy is a worldwide concern. Parents and patients alike desire to protect themselves and their children from debilitating and deadly diseases. Vaccines are considered by those in developed and developing countries alike to be truly miracle drugs.
Vaccines and viruses have made national U.S. headlines in recent months. Outbreaks of common childhood diseases like measles in California have led to swift legislative action limiting exemptions for those who do not wish they or their children to be vaccinated. A dozen other states are considering similar laws. Some states like Mississippi and West Virginia have disallowed nonmedical exemptions yielding the highest...
fDo you know where your food has been before you ate it? No? You’re not alone. For many consumers, the questions of where their food originated from (and the travel route it took), was processed, or was handled, is not a consideration. There is a faction of consumers that will research the country of origin, but recent action by the U.S. Congress on meat products now discloses that information to the public.
