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Man arrested in Italy after threats to adulterate food products

By News Desk on June 25, 2022

A man has been arrested in Italy for threatening to tamper with food and water products in supermarkets.

Investigators said the 47-year-old man claimed he would target mineral water and food items in supermarkets by…

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Noodle link investigated as children die in South Africa

By News Desk on December 11, 2021

Officials in South Africa are looking into the deaths of up to five children to see if they are linked to eating instant noodles.

The Department of Health is investigating the possible food poisoning in…
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Prosecutors drop charges in strawberry tampering incident involving needles

By News Desk on July 15, 2021

Charges against a woman accused of putting needles in strawberries in 2018 in Australia have been dropped.

My Ut Trinh, an ex-farm worker, had been charged with contamination of goods and was scheduled to go…
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Chain expands pizza dough recall involving razor blade tampering

By News Desk on October 20, 2020

Hannaford Supermarkets has expanded a pizza dough recall to include all Portland Pie products while doubling down on warnings to consumers about “malicious tampering” involving metal objects.

“Hannaford has removed all Portland Pie products from…
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Heinz baby food was recalled in December 2019

Man jailed for blackmail and contaminating baby food

By News Desk on October 14, 2020

A man who put metal in some jars of baby food in the United Kingdom has been jailed for 14 years.

Nigel Wright, a father of two, was convicted of blackmail and contaminating baby food…
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Heinz baby food recalled from Tesco in December 2019

Farmer guilty of putting metal in baby food

By Joe Whitworth on August 21, 2020

A man who put shards of metal in baby food jars in the United Kingdom has been found guilty of blackmail and contaminating goods.

Nigel Wright began threatening supermarket chain Tesco in spring 2018, writing…
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FDA issues final draft guidance to help businesses find and eliminate tampering

By News Desk on February 14, 2020

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…
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Australia and New Zealand get revised produce safety guidelines

By News Desk on July 4, 2019

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…
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Recommendations made in strawberry tampering report

By News Desk on February 18, 2019

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…
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Stricter food contamination penalties proposed in New Zealand

By News Desk on January 17, 2019

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…
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