COVID-19 Updates for the Food Industry

IEH Webinars:

3.26.20 Webinar: Practical Guidelines for the Food Industry

4.24.20 Webinar: Maintaining Operations in a Pandemic World

5.21.20 Webinar: Testing Food Industry Personnel & Environmental Monitoring

IEH Consulting Services:

For COVID-19 emergency response questions, please contact Dr. Mansour Samadpour: ms@iehinc.com, 206-940-4343.

For questions related to COVID-19, please contact COVID19Questions@iehinc.com.

IEH COVID-19 Response Guidance for the Food Industry (PDF)_3.19.20

IEH COVID-19 Food Processing Parameters (PDF)

Clinical and Environmental Testing:

IEH SARS CoV-2 Testing for Food Production Personnel and SARS CoV-2 Testing for Environmental Monitoring of potentially impacted sites and validation of sanitation protocols is now available, with 24-hour turnaround times. For all COVID-19 testing questions, please contact Dr. Sergio Sanchez: ss@iehinc.com, 206-522-5432.

Resources for the Food Industry:

IEH Research Publication: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 contamination on food plant surfaces as determined by environmental monitoring

IEH is partnering with Weber Scientific to ensure availability of PPE for the food industry.

EEOC Gives Employers A Green Light To Test For COVID-19

EPA List N: Disinfectants for Use Against SARS-CoV-2

FDA Q&A: Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Taking a Sample: Nasal Swab Self Collection Instructional Video

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Dr. Mansour Samadpour

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Dr. Mansour Samadpour received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington. After completing his Ph.D and post-doctoral studies, Dr. Samadpour became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Health at the University of Washington. In 2001, together with Dalia Alfi, he started the Institute for Environmental Health (IEH) Laboratories and Consulting Group. Dr. Samadpour is an expert in the epidemiology and pathogenesis of foodborne and waterborne pathogens, the transport of microbes in the environment and food production systems, molecular epidemiology, and the design and implementation of proactive food safety systems. As the head of our research and development team at IEH, a senior author on over 75 peer-reviewed scientific publications, and the inventor of over 30 patents, Dr. Samadpour continues to push the field of food safety forward. He has played a leading role in developing pathogen detection programs for food safety management and has been sought out for his expertise in most of the major U.S. outbreaks over the last three decades.