Two agencies in the United Kingdom have raised concerns about local authority resources and the number of samples being taken for food safety testing.
Findings come from a report by Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reviewing food safety across the UK in 2024.
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Continue Reading UK food agencies voice concerns about status of inspection activitiesThe Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.
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Researchers have described an outbreak involving a rare pathogen that killed nine people in China and said there is an urgent need for improved detection and prevention strategies.
Burkholderia gladioli, particularly its pathovar cocovenenans, poses a significant public health threat through the production of bongkrekic acid.
In October 2020, a
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Belgian authorities are investigating to see if eggs contaminated with Salmonella may have ended up on the market.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) has issued a recall of all affected ‘t Hennehof free-range and barn eggs from consumers and ordered the destruction of eggs
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Four new trade topics were discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety.
Attendees at the June meeting of the WTO Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures addressed trade concerns related to food safety and animal and plant health.
Members raised 56 specific trade concerns
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The number of incidents handled by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has remained stable but the authority has warned investigations are getting more complex.
The FSA was notified of 1,825 food and feed safety incidents in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales during 2024-25. This is down slightly from 1,837 incidents
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Researchers in Europe have tested produce for the presence of a parasite with findings showing more information is needed to help put mitigation measures in place.
Scientists estimated the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in commercially available ready-to-eat (RTE) salad mixes in 10 European countries.
They collected 3,329 salad samples
Continue Reading Scientists detect Toxoplasma parasite in ready-to-eat salads in Europe
New Zealand recorded an increase in recalls in 2024 with a major incident involving Salmonella in sesame seeds.
The recall of imported sesame seeds with the potential to cause salmonellosis was the biggest food safety event of the year. Salmonella was detected during routine testing by a New Zealand business.
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The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has withdrawn a health warning relating to Haribo sweets.
At the end of May, NVWA published a warning because of the possible presence of cannabis in a batch of Haribo Happy Cola F!ZZ 1,000 grams with a best-before date of January
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The number of children sick in an outbreak mainly affecting Germany and Austria has increased to almost 100.
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) reported illnesses were likely caused by an organic cashew butter with raspberries sold at dm drogerie markt. locations.
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