The Caribbean is not prepared to tackle the potential food safety impacts of climate change, according to experts.
Ronald Roopnarine, from the University of West Indies, said in reality the region is not climate present
Continue Reading Caribbean ‘not ready’ for climate impact on food safety, say experts
Strauss Group has estimated the impact of Salmonella illnesses and related recalls to be about U.S. $33 million on first quarter financial results.
The company said net profit for the first quarter of 2022 is
Continue Reading Strauss warns of profit impact due to Salmonella incident
A survey in the Netherlands has found more than a quarter of people wash raw chicken, which public health officials say increases the chances of spreading bacteria.
Results come from two surveys by the Netherlands
Continue Reading Dutch survey finds a quarter of people wash chicken, despite expert advice
Ferrero’s confectionery plant in Belgium that has been linked to a large Salmonella outbreak could reopen next month.
Belgian authorities stopped production at the facility in Arlon in early April. Meetings have been held between
Continue Reading Ferrero hopes to reopen plant linked to Salmonella outbreak in June
The European Commission has published a report about checks on food, feed, animals and plants. The authors say inspection programs need to improve.
The report covers EU countries’ domestic official controls and the EU Commission’s
Continue Reading EU report reveals findings from official controls; improvement needed
The role of food in Clostridioides difficile transmission chains still needs to be clarified, according to a study.
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a notable cause of infectious diarrhea worldwide.
Human-to-human transmission plays a major
Continue Reading Scientists study connection between Clostridioides difficile and potatoes
Experts have reviewed how effective and practical certain control measures against E. coli are in two sectors.
The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meeting on Microbiological Risk Assessment (JEMRA) covered Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in meat
Continue Reading Experts evaluate STEC control measures
Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety unit have looked at checks to ensure fish product safety in Egypt and Croatia.
A remote DG Sante audit, in May and June 2021 in Egypt,
Continue Reading EU finds faults with Egypt’s fish checks; backs Croatian controls
Researchers have provided more details about an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda in 2019 that killed five people.
It was the largest documented outbreak caused by food contamination with tropane alkaloids, according
Continue Reading Food aid incident was largest known outbreak from tropane alkaloids
Nutricia infant formula has been found to contain Cronobacter after testing in Australia.
A batch of KetoCal 3:1 was positive for Cronobacter spp. during testing at the border by customs officials. There have been no
Continue Reading Nutricia infant formula tests positive for Cronobacter in Australia
