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EU assesses produce and shellfish controls in Turkey

By Joe Whitworth on March 18, 2023

Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety agency have looked at checks on food of non-animal origin (FNAO) and bivalve mollusks in Turkey.

A DG Sante audit on FNAO, in September 2022, made…

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Danish shellfish controls slammed by EU auditors

By News Desk on August 5, 2022

Denmark’s control system on live bivalve mollusks is not good enough, according to the European Commission.

DG Sante, the EU’s health and safety unit, held a remote audit in Denmark from April to May 2021.…

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New Zealand revises food recall guidance to help companies

By News Desk on May 1, 2022

Food recall guidance for businesses in New Zealand has been updated.

The guidance document includes example procedures, checklists, and spreadsheets plus revised recall risk assessment and audit forms. Six steps are listed with the first…
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Authorities issue warnings about toxins in shellfish

By Joe Whitworth on July 5, 2020

Authorities in Ireland and New Zealand have issued warnings about consumption of collected shellfish in the past week.

The Marine Institute in Ireland detected amounts of naturally occurring compounds in shellfish that can cause illness…
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The best of times for shellfish harvest, the worst of times for shellfish harvest

By Cookson Beecher on August 8, 2018

It’s time to grab a sun hat and shovel, or rake, and head to the beach to dig for clams or gather oysters. What could be a better summer outing? But time is of the…
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DSP forces closure of beaches to recreational shellfish harvests

By News Desk on June 13, 2016

The discovery of unsafe levels of Diarrhetic Shellfish Poison in samples of shellfish collected near Seattle has prompted the closing of Puget Sound beaches for recreational shellfish harvest. Washington state officials, along with Seattle and…
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Alaska tribe establishes Sitka lab to test shellfish for biotoxins

By Cathy Siegner on May 10, 2016

The Sitka Tribe of Alaska has set up an environmental research and testing lab in Sitka and plans to begin testing local shellfish for biotoxins this spring. There has reportedly been some concern about the …
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