A study has found an association between violations of food safety legislation and a company’s weak financial situation.
The work investigated the link between the financial situation of Finnish businesses and the inspection grades their food production establishments received.
According to the study published in the journal Food Control
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More than 2,000 consumer product recalls were issued in France in 2023, according to official figures.
Data from RappelConso shows 2,023 recalls in 2023 compared to 2,441 in 2022.
The category with the most recalls – 601 – was meats, followed by 371 milk and dairy product recalls and 189
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Scientists in Europe have updated the knowledge around parasites in fish based on available surveillance data.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientific opinion also evaluated methods for detecting and killing parasites in fish.
European data indicates that many species of farmed fish are free from parasites that can infect humans. These
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The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports looking at controls of fishery products in Spain and Saudi Arabia.
An audit in Spain in February and March 2023 by DG Sante made three recommendations.
The visit concluded that official controls over vessels freezing tuna provide confidence that
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A Norwegian company has revealed that it sold frozen salmon for several years, which was not suitable for human consumption.
Findings come from an internal investigation by the board of Pure Norwegian Seafood (PNS) into suspected irregularities in the sale of frozen salmon. Prior regulatory inspections, controls, and audits had
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The European Commission’s health and safety unit has found significant problems with Bulgaria’s control system for live bivalve mollusks.
A remote DG Sante audit from April to May 2023 revealed the majority of requirements in EU legislation were not being met.
Auditors found no system of official controls on bivalve
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Researchers have found Anisakis larvae in tested samples of fish in Slovakia and called on authorities to step up monitoring of marine parasites.
Scientists revealed extensive infection of fish products with Anisakis larvae and seropositive cases in a group of volunteers regularly eating fish products.
Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease caused by
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The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published findings from two assessments looking at controls on fish in Mexico and Belgium.
A DG Sante audit in Mexico in November 2022 assessed the systems covering checks on fishery products exported to Europe.
Auditors found that although the official control system
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There is room for improvement in the official food control systems of Iceland and Norway, according to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA).
Iceland and Norway are in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) monitors how both countries implement European Economic Area (EEA) rules on food
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The United States is to lead work on a document covering the prevention or reduction of ciguatera poisoning.
The plan was given the go-ahead at a recent Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods meeting.
An electronic working group, chaired by the U.S. and co-chaired by France, Spain, and Panama, will
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