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Health officials warn of seasonal poisoning risk from certain plants

By News Desk on December 25, 2020

A French agency has warned people of the risks of eating berries or leaves from decorative plants.

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) seasonal message focused on holly, mistletoe…
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EU audits U.S. controls to ensure safety of food of non-animal origin

By Joe Whitworth on April 17, 2020

European officials have evaluated the way the United States controls microbiological contamination in food of non-animal origin that is destined for Europe.

The review by DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for food safety and…
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FSANZ wants comments on planned produce rules

By News Desk on February 9, 2020

Authorities in Australia are calling for comments on a plan to develop a primary production and processing standard for high-risk horticulture.

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)’s proposal will consider the development of a primary…
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More patients confirmed in multi-state outbreak of hepatitis A linked to blackberries

By Coral Beach on November 27, 2019

The patient count in a multi-state hepatitis A outbreak traced to fresh blackberries continues to rise, even though the berries were sold two months ago.

As of Nov. 26, there are 14 people across five…
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EU audit finds issues with Serbian controls of fruit

By News Desk on November 19, 2019

Most soft fruits exported from Serbia to Europe are not subject to official controls at primary production levels, according to a recently released audit report.

DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for policy on food…
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Driscoll’s using new technology to improve flavor, food safety

By News Desk on February 12, 2018

Agriculture companies are always striving to produce better-tasting, longer-lasting, safer fruits and vegetables, which diminish in value the minute they go from stalk or vine to market.

Driscoll’s, a $3.5 billion provider of berry plants,…
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Update: CDC Says Salmonella Outbreaks in Michigan, South Carolina Are Not Related

By Dan Flynn on October 2, 2014

UPDATE: An investigation by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) into both the Michigan and South Carolina Salmonella outbreaks has concluded that they are not related and are not part of any…
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Last Year’s Hepatitis A Outbreak Sickened 1,444 People in Europe

By James Andrews on September 9, 2014

At least 1,444 cases of Hepatitis A were reported in 12 European countries in connection with a variety of mixed berry products last year, according to the final outbreak report by the European Food Safety…
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Another Hospitalization Linked to Multistate Hepatitis A Outbreak

By Gretchen Goetz on July 11, 2013

While the case count in the multistate hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen pomegranate seeds has been leveling off over the past week, new information on illnesses continues to trickle into the Centers for Disease…
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Pomegranate Seeds in Frozen Berry Mix Have Infected 143 with Hepatitis A

By News Desk on July 9, 2013

Three more illnesses were reported Tuesday in the multistate hepatitis A outbreak linked to pomegranate seeds from Turkey, bringing the case count up from 140 to 143. These newly reported cases occurred in two of…
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Almost 600 Sick from Hepatitis A in Frozen Berries in 3 outbreaks

By Douglas Powell on July 9, 2013

It’s enough to turn me off to frozen berries – he says while experimenting with a batch of gluten-free crepes filled with previously frozen berries. As the case count for Hepatitis A linked to Townsend…
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