The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has canceled the company’s license because of food safety concerns.
Since late March 2024, SFA has received several complaints about the safety of home-delivery catered meals provided by five web-based businesses.
Some of the problems included undercooked and moldy food or the presence of foreign
Continue Reading Caterer’s license revoked in Singapore due to food safety issues
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 recalls in the past year with 29 because of allergens. Other common reasons were microbial
Continue Reading Allergen issues continue to dominate Australian recalls
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 were prompted by a consumer complaint and eight by routine government testing.
The root cause
Continue Reading Allergens still dominate but recalls drop in Australia
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 version of Nescafé Gold. There are also concerns it may contain broken glass and plastic.
Continue Reading Warning after counterfeit Nestlé coffee found in Germany
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 87 in 2019 and 100 in 2018.
Almost half of the 2020 total was due
Continue Reading Number of Australian recalls in 2020 tops three figures
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 FSAI’s advice line this past year, with 34 percent relating to unfit food and 30
Continue Reading Irish complaints include hair, snails, moths, stones, live insects in food
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 between 2017 and 2019. During the past five years the country has seen food recall
Continue Reading Food recalls continue to rise in Switzerland
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 55 food alerts and 52 food allergen alerts compared to 56 and 46, respectively in
Continue Reading FSAI data shows food recalls up slightly in Ireland
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 2018, 46 recalls were because of allergens and 20 due to microbial contamination out of
Continue Reading Microbial recalls up but overall alerts down in Australia
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 a third of shoppers — 31 percent — said they are more concerned about the
Continue Reading Survey finds rise in food safety concern from public in United Kingdom
