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Food risk survey shows low awareness of Campylobacter

By Joe Whitworth on February 18, 2021

There is low awareness of Campylobacter and its impact despite it being the main cause of food poisoning in the UK, according to a project on how people perceive food-related risks.

Results come from a…
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U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passes FASTER Act

By News Desk on November 18, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the FASTER Act, bringing sesame one step closer to becoming the ninth major allergen, as defined by federal law.

The Act would also require the federal government …
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Codex covers food hygiene and allergens in first ever virtual meeting

By Joe Whitworth on October 7, 2020

Work on food hygiene, allergens and support of food trade in Africa have been adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which recently met online for the first time in its history.

The first part of…
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EU plans to include food safety culture in regulation

By Joe Whitworth on August 8, 2020

The European Commission has published draft legislation that includes food safety culture.

A revision of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene also covers allergen management, and redistribution of food.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission is…
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Experts discuss food hygiene, allergens and STEC at Codex meeting

By News Desk on November 17, 2019

The Codex Committee on Food Hygiene met in Cleveland, Ohio earlier this month to talk about food allergen management, biological foodborne outbreaks and guidelines to control E. coli.

Codex Alimentarius is a collection of standards,…
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FDA may add sesame to list of major food allergens requiring label disclosure

By News Desk on November 5, 2019

An estimate of 17 percent of children who have food allergies are allergic to sesame, according to research published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Sesame is one of the 10 most common childhood food…
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FSA food standards review highlights failures

By Joe Whitworth on November 30, 2018

Food standards delivery in the United Kingdom is hampered by inadequate resources and an out of date approach to regulation, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

The agency reviewed how such work is handled…
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Food safety threat in plain sight; counter measures less clear

By Cookson Beecher on April 27, 2017

Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series about food allergies and the efforts by public health agencies, schools, legislators and parents to make it easier and safer for allergic individuals to manage …
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Undeclared allergens a leading cause of food recalls in U.S.

By News Desk on April 4, 2017

Food recalls related to illness outbreaks tend to get a lot of headlines, but undeclared allergens in foods continue to be a leading cause of recalls.

To read a report from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Food Allergy Research and Resource Program about the number of FDA and USDA recalls related to undeclared allergens, please click on the image. To read a report from…
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FSIS calls public meeting on food allergens for March 16

By News Desk on February 15, 2017

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Kraft Heinz recalls RTE lunch products for misbranding, undeclared allergens

By News Desk on October 10, 2016

Kraft Heinz Company of Fullerton, CA, is recalling approximately 959 pounds of ready-to-eat “Lunchables Ham and American Cracker Stackers” packaged lunch products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety…
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