HACCPEuropa reports that the Dutch Food Safety Authority NVWA has found horsemeat in shipments of beef from Van Hattern Vlees company in Dodewaard. NVWA reportedly stopped the sale of 690 tons of beef from being sold at supermarket chains and from being exported. Company records are apparently unclear about which consignments contain horsemeat and how many horses have been slaughtered.
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An agency in the Isle of Man has been told to look again at a food hygiene request after initially refusing to release information.
The Information Commissioner upheld a complaint
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Scientists attributed cases of 26 foodborne pathogens in the Netherlands
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The Safe2Eat campaign is organized by
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The recall
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