Australians have been urged to look before they cook and read the safety advice on food labels.
The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) issued the call ahead of Australian Food Safety week from Nov. 9 to 16.
Lydia Buchtmann, FSIC CEO, said the charity’s research shows that only 3 in
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Estimates on the cost of foodborne illness in Australia have revealed poultry is associated with the highest burden.
In 2023, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) commissioned the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University to estimate the annual cost of foodborne illness caused by food commodities and pathogens.
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A Vibrio outbreak that sickened more than 250 people in Australia was linked to oysters, but a specific grower could not be identified.
The nationwide outbreak caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred during September 2021 to January 2022. A total of 268 people were sick, and 97 percent reported consuming Australian-grown
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Australia is proposing changes to food safety requirements for several imported foods.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry has opened a consultation on the plans that cover dates, melons, enoki mushrooms, pufferfish, and kava.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has published risk advice for these foods. The agency
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A Codex committee has made progress on guidelines for preventing and controlling food fraud.
The draft guidance has been sent to the Codex Alimentarius Commission for adoption, which will meet in Switzerland in November.
The United States chaired the electronic working group. It will also lead a group dealing with
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Scientists have found a contaminated ingredient used in milkshakes was likely to blame for a Yersinia outbreak in an Australian state.
In January 2023, an outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica in residential aged care facilities was identified by the Gold Coast Public Health Unit and confirmed using whole genome sequencing.
There
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Scientists in Australia have identified a parasite in game deer and feral pigs for the first time.
Researchers at Charles Sturt University discovered the Sarcocystis species of parasite during their work and said it sheds light on a previously unrecognized risk.
Several wild game meat species, including deer and feral pigs are hunted and
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Scientists in Spain have assessed the shelf life safety of certain ready-to-eat foods and the risk from Listeria monocytogenes.
The Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) asked for an opinion on the safe shelf life of Listeria monocytogenes in products such as cheeses, cooked meats, including pâtés, and cured meats sliced and prepackaged
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After contracting Salmonella, a former employee at a café in an Australian state has been awarded more than $65,000 (U.S. $42,500).
The ruling from the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) relates to an incident in 2017 when the 15-year-old worked at Central Café in Gungahlin.
The female
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A warning has been issued in Australia following several people falling ill after eating a type of gummy.
People are being urged not to consume Uncle Frog’s Mushroom Gummies after several people went to hospitals across the country with symptoms of toxicity. All cases recovered and were discharged from the
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