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Golden fields of wheat. Spikelets of ripe grains are ready for harvest.

Plants and plant products exported to EU countries must soon carry phytosanitary certificates

By Dan Flynn on December 4, 2019

Phytosanitary certificates will have to accompany most plants and plant products — including some foods — entering the European Union (EU) counties beginning Dec. 14.

The new EU rules mean expanded inspections for U.S. plant…
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Firms rush to market with acrylamide control product ahead of new regs

By Dan Flynn on February 7, 2019

No one knew acrylamide even existed until it was discovered in 2002. It’s been around close to forever, though. Awareness of the chemical raised a problem. It is “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen,”…
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Nuts, seeds lead 2Q recall stats for EU

By Joe Whitworth on August 13, 2018

Nuts, nut products and seeds was the top food product category recalled in Europe, according to a second quarter index by Stericycle Expert Solutions.

The category, with 156 recalls, came ahead of fruits and vegetables…
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EU seeks public comments on draft regulation for Salmonella

By Joe Whitworth on July 31, 2018

The European Commission has called for feedback on the draft of a regulation concerning Salmonella testing and sampling in poultry.

Comments on the draft act can be made until Aug. 16. To read the draft …
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Eight EU countries report Hepatitis A cases with Moroccan link

By Joe Whitworth on July 11, 2018

Two distinct Hepatitis A virus strains are causing infections in travelers returning from Morocco, according to researchers.

From January to June 2018, two outbreaks are ongoing affecting people coming back from Morocco and cases in…
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Britain’s FSA talks about Brexit challenges in annual report and accounts for 2017-18

By News Desk on June 29, 2018

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) for the United Kingdom will have to stand on its own after the island nation withdraws from the European Union next year. It means food safety in the UK will

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Germany discovers higher than permitted fipronil residues in Dutch eggs

By News Desk on June 14, 2018

That trouble Europe had last summer when Dutch egg producers began using the banned insecticide fipronil as a cleansing agent is back.

Six German states are recalling 73,000 eggs produced in the Netherlands after tests…
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Local officials say Brexit could undermine food safety in U.K.

By Kelsey M. Mackin on May 31, 2018

The Local Government Association of the United Kingdom is warning that food safety will be undermined when Brexit begins next year, and continuing forward, if federal authorities don’t take action to ensure uninterrupted access to…
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Brazil vows to contest EU’s punitive poultry ban with WTO

By News Desk on April 26, 2018

The European Union is punishing Brazil for alleged deficiencies in the country’s control system by banning imports from 12 BRF S.A. poultry plants.

Brazil is the world’s second-largest poultry producer, and its Agriculture Minister Blairo…
Continue Reading Brazil vows to contest EU’s punitive poultry ban with WTO

European listeriosis outbreak blamed on frozen corn: 6 dead

By News Desk on March 22, 2018

Week-old speculation about frozen corn being responsible for a three-year listeriosis outbreak in Europe, which has had an 18.75  percent fatality rate, is probably correct.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre

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FDA finding could reinstate cross-Atlantic shellfish trade

By News Desk on March 13, 2018

Imported molluscan shellfish from Europe are as safe as if they were harvested off Puget Sound or Massachusetts Bay, according to a Food and Drug Administration finding. FDA’s equivalence determination means two-way raw shellfish trade…
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