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Experts discuss food safety in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

By Joe Whitworth on October 12, 2021

Experts revealed how they see the food safety situation in Africa, Asia, and Latin America at a recent online event.

Regional specialists shared their insights on safe food and realities on the ground considering politics,…
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Untreated frozen tuna on the left. When treated on the right. Picture: AFSCA

Almost 80 tons of tuna seized in Belgian fraud operation

By News Desk on June 4, 2021

Food safety officials in Belgium seized almost 80 tons of tuna in the course of a few months in 2020.

More than 90 percent of non-compliant products were imported from Asia.

Between September and December…
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Experts set out plans to tackle foodborne parasites in Asia

By News Desk on July 23, 2020

The first sets of food safety risk communication and country-specific action plans to tackle the significant public health problem of foodborne parasites have been identified in Asia.

They were discussed at a regional meeting to…
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Imported food sickens more Americans than ever

By News Desk on February 16, 2017

World in shopping cartIncreasing demand in the U.S. for year-round access to all foods means more foreign food in grocery stores and that means more foodborne illness outbreaks from imported food.

Writing for the March edition of Emerging …
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Destruction of the Don: Dam Project Threatens Food Security on the Mekong

By Donna Kelly on November 19, 2013

Peering into the early morning mist created by thousands of tons of Mekong water collapsing from Laos into nearby Cambodia, I was surprised when a small black shape emerged. He looked as spindly and fragile…
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Beef with Radioactive Cesium Turns Up in Japan

By News Desk on July 14, 2011

The Japanese government tried to explain Wednesday how beef containing trace levels of radioactive cesium ended up reaching stores or consumers in several prefectures, and promised to step up inspections to prevent another such incident.
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