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Allergen issues continue to dominate Australian recalls

By News Desk on May 18, 2023

Almost half of food recalls in Australia in 2022 were because of undeclared allergens but the amount declined from the previous year.

Data released by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) shows there were 75…

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Allergens still dominate but recalls drop in Australia

By News Desk on May 27, 2022

Undeclared allergens accounted for almost half of Australian food recalls in 2021, according to FSANZ data.

Figures from Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) show 38 of the 80 recalls were because of allergens. Twenty…
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Warning after counterfeit Nestlé coffee found in Germany

By News Desk on November 1, 2021

A counterfeit version of Nestlé branded coffee has been found on sale in Germany and may contain foreign objects.

Nestlé Deutschland reported the product was packaged in a glass jar that looked like an old…
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Number of Australian recalls in 2020 tops three figures

By News Desk on April 2, 2021

The number of food recalls in Australia climbed back above 100 in 2020 according to data published by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).

Figures show there were 109 recalls this past year compared to…
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Irish complaints include hair, snails, moths, stones, live insects in food

By News Desk on February 24, 2021

Consumer complaints in 2020 included hair in foods, glass in soup and insects and rodent droppings in products, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).

In total, 2,772 grievances were handled by the…
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Food recalls continue to rise in Switzerland

By News Desk on January 3, 2021

Swiss authorities have published information about 80 food recalls from 2017 to 2019.

The number of public warnings for food increased sharply between 2018 and 2019 and the amount of food recalls also went up…
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FSAI data shows food recalls up slightly in Ireland

By News Desk on March 8, 2020

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) issued an average of two alerts per week in 2019 about products subject to withdrawal or recall.

This past year, a 107 alerts were issued made up of…
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Microbial recalls up but overall alerts down in Australia

By News Desk on March 6, 2020

Undeclared allergens and microbial contamination were responsible for the majority of recalls in Australia this past year.

Undeclared allergens caused 32 of the 87 recalls in 2019 while 30 were due to microbial contamination. In…
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Survey finds rise in food safety concern from public in United Kingdom

By News Desk on January 9, 2020

Consumers in the United Kingdom are increasingly concerned about food safety, according to a survey recently published.

The report, from Lloyd’s Register, was compiled from online research of 1,000 U.K. consumers in August 2019.

Almost…
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Researchers find animals in salad discoveries not as rare as believed

By News Desk on July 23, 2019

Most reports of animals being found in fresh produce involved frogs, according to a University of Illinois study.

More than 50 percent of 40 incidents involved frogs, but lizards, snakes, mice, birds, and a bat,…
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