[LilFarmer]

FDA Announces Temporary Flexibility Policy Regarding Certain Labeling Requirements for Foods for Humans During COVID-19 Pandemic

https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-announces-temporary-flexibility-policy-regarding-certain-labeling-requirements-foods-humans

[sockmonkey]

Did I read that right? Raisin bread no longer has to contain raisins?

[blueplum]

more bad news from LONDON

MEDICAL FEARS Three in ten negative coronavirus tests for NHS staff could be wrong, doctors’ union warns

…”Recent research published in the British Medical Journal found that between two per cent and 29 per cent of Covid-19 tests produced false negatives.
The lead author of the study, Dr Jessica Watson, reported that the number of “true positive” results from nasal swabs was as low as 63 per cent and from throat swabs just 32 per cent...

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11702011/negative-coronavirus-tests-nhs-staff-wrong/

BMJ study:
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1808

This story may have a caveat in that Roche’s “100% accurate” test was approved by the NHS this last week

[bgill]

Cool. So that’s why that package of 70/30 ground beef costs the same as filet mignon.