Olive oil featured heavily in a range of operations conducted in recent months by authorities in Portugal that also covered game meat, shellfish and supplements.
Earlier this month, the Food
Authorities in New Zealand are looking at changing the rules on shellfish to tackle Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) proposal includes requirements for a Vibrio parahaemolyticus management
A ban has been extended in Europe on some shellfish from Turkey until the end of 2023.
The European Commission made the decision despite a favorable on-paper assessment of measures
Spanish authorities have uncovered the alleged fraudulent sale of meat products as part of two different actions.
The Guardia Civil ran two operations in Madrid and Salamanca, Spain. In the
The number of people in France who have become ill after eating contaminated raw shellfish has jumped to more than 1,000. The outbreak has spurred international recalls.
A total
More than 650 people have fallen ill in France this past month after eating contaminated raw shellfish.
Since the start of December 2019, Santé publique France has received 123 reports
The European Commission is looking at revising rules for checks on meat and shellfish.
Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections could be performed under the responsibility of the official veterinarians instead of
Australian researchers have examined an outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning in 2015 that caused at least four cases in Tasmania.
Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is a rare illness caused by
Fipronil in eggs and Salmonella in poultry meat from Brazil dominated information exchanges between European countries in 2017, according to the annual Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
Ireland has launched a food safety and authenticity strategy to proactively identify and mitigate risk in the supply chain.
Implementation will focus on seven areas: communications; training; risk assessment; contingency
Levels of domoic acid 10 times the “action level” in certain shellfish along the Central Coast spurred California officials to issue a public warning against eating rock crabs and bivalve
(April 29 update: This warning has been expanded to include crab.) The California Department of Public Health is advising consumers not to eat the internal organs of commercially or recreationally
