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EU audit finds Thai poultry controls worse than before

By Joe Whitworth on September 23, 2018

An audit of the control system in Thailand on poultry meat for export to Europe has found it has got worse in some areas since the last inspection in 2013.

Auditors from the Directorate-General Health…
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Audit finds Polish food companies’ tests for Salmonella ‘practically ineffective’

By Joe Whitworth on August 31, 2018

A European audit of measures to control Salmonella in Poland has found instances where detection of the pathogen was 100 times lower in testing by food businesses versus official tests.

Compared with government sampling results,…
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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 mulls regulation changes for raw juices and Listeria in sprouted seeds

By Joe Whitworth on August 7, 2018

Leaders of the European Union are looking at changing regulations around unpasteurized juices and Listeria monocytogenes in sprouted seeds.

The draft legislation states that because the European Committee for Standardization and the International Organization for…
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UK hardest hit in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers

By News Desk on July 27, 2018

European officials have linked ready-to-eat products containing cucumbers to a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella that has sickened 147 people.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said…
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UK food safety reform during Brexit creates ‘additional risk’

By Joe Whitworth on July 24, 2018

Some academics have argued an “additional, unnecessary risk” is being created by the Food Standards Agency’s decision to continue major reform of UK food safety regulation during the Brexit negotiations.

One part of the briefing…
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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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EFSA posts food data collected from Fipronil residues in eggs

By News Desk on May 9, 2018

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its analysis of food data collected after the widespread detection of fipronil residues in eggs last summer.  Millions of European eggs were withdrawn from the marketplace because

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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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Briefly: Baby milk not in U.S. — Salmonella up — Steam heat

By Kelsey M. Mackin on December 13, 2017

Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the…
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