Acts of terrorism and other intentional tampering with food are the subjects of the third and final installment of industry regulatory guidance on how to deal with the intentional adulteration of the food supply.
With
Continue Reading FDA issues final draft guidance to help businesses find and eliminate tampering
The Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia and New Zealand has published updated food safety guidelines for the industry.
The group is an industry-led organization established in 2013.
The guidelines are designed to achieve greater consistency
Continue Reading Australia and New Zealand get revised produce safety guidelines
The government’s response to tampering of Australian strawberries with needles this past year was timely but areas to improve have been identified in a Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) report.
These include centralizing incident
Continue Reading Recommendations made in strawberry tampering report
Plans to create stronger penalties for deliberate food contamination are being considered in New Zealand.
Nathan Guy, a member of parliament for the New Zealand National Party, has proposed a Member’s Bill to protect people
Continue Reading Stricter food contamination penalties proposed in New Zealand
A 50-year-old woman has been charged in relation to contamination of strawberries with sewing needles in Australia.
My Ut Trinh was arrested on Sunday and appeared at Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday, Nov. 12. She had
Continue Reading Former strawberry farm worker charged; allegedly put needles in strawberries
The scare about sewing needles in strawberries first identified in Australia has spread to New Zealand.
Officials with Countdown, a supermarket in New Zealand, said needles were found in a punnet of strawberries from Western
Continue Reading Needles in strawberries tampering issue hits New Zealand
Businesses involved in the food and beverage industries need to understand what motivates people to sabotage their products, according to the latest version of a 58-page guidance document issued by the government of the United
Continue Reading UK helps food, beverage businesses defend against attacks
Police investigating a possible food tampering incident at a salsa bar in South Lake Tahoe, CA, have arrested a local man on a felony charge related to a similar incident last week in a different
Continue Reading Man arrested for food tampering after child’s salsa bar illness
