MoreIn July, the Labor Department conducted three forums in Virginia, Illinois and California to solicit public comment on ergonomics. Expert witness testimony and written comments are under review.
The Labor Department noted that its staff and members of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) have been heavily involved in the rescue and recovery efforts at New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which has prevented the department from devoting its full attention to the ergonomics issue.
In March, Congress reversed an OSHA ergonomics standard that many business groups characterized as too vague and costly. Though information gathered at the forums will undoubtedly help to shape the Labor Department's action plan, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao outlined principles for tackling ergonomics last spring that emphasized prevention; sound science; incentives; flexibility; feasibility and clarity.
The Food Defense Strategy Exchange (FDSE) is a forum for food defense professionals to interact and share their knowledge and experiences. At the most recent FDSE, a poll of attendees revealed that approximately two-thirds were either re-evaluating their existing food defense plan, or implementing new food defense plans. In this podcast, Don Hsieh, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at Tyco Integrated Security, discusses this topic and other findings from the exchange, and offers some best practices to proactively protect a company’s brand from food adulteration.
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