Updated: September 23, 2020

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• In today’s Recommendations for Industry, we discuss The Weekly Risk Matrix. Read more here below.

• The FDA has put out a new video, “Beware of Fraudulent Coronavirus Tests, Vaccines and Treatments” to highlight the fact that there are currently no FDA-approved drugs or vaccines to treat or prevent COVID-19. Anything out there, now, is currently fraudulent.

• The CDC has released a briefing on the potential short-term and long-term effects of COVID-19. There is potential that heart conditions are affected including inflammation and damage to the heart not just in older and middle-age adults, but also in young adults.  

• In case you missed it …

  • Last Friday we discussed contacts of close-contacts and how such interactions could impact employees and businesses Read more here.

  • On Monday, we discussed COVID-19 testing and the likelihood of false negative results if tested too soon after exposure. Read more here.

  • Also on Monday, as part of the FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint, the FDA announced a proposed rule to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for certain foods as part of its drafted “Food Traceability List.” The list includes foods like leafy greens, fresh cut fruits and vegetables, shell eggs, nut butters, some fish, etc.