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EU eases melon rules but tightens checks on vanilla extract from U.S.

By Joe Whitworth on February 1, 2023

The European Commission has relaxed checks on melons from Honduras but added controls for vanilla extract from the United States.

Changes were made as part of updated legislation on the rate of official controls and…

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The second outbreak in the UK due to imported melons revealed

By Joe Whitworth on January 6, 2023

The United Kingdom was hit by two outbreaks linked to melon in 2021, according to a recently released study.

It was already known that the UK was part of a multi-country Salmonella Braenderup outbreak with…

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Experts discuss responses to food safety emergencies

By Joe Whitworth on June 9, 2022

There is still a need to improve communication and data sharing during global food safety emergencies, according to experts.

Fadi Naser Al-Natour, Jenny Bishop and Rachelle El Khoury presented at a health talk organized by…
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Experts share insights from One Health approach in food safety

By Joe Whitworth on April 12, 2022

Food safety experts from Honduras, Mongolia and the Caribbean have shared their experiences on implementing a One Health approach in a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) webinar.

Organized by the United Nations’ FAO in Geneva,…
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Europe increases checks on melons after outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on December 30, 2021

The European Commission has tightened the rules around imports of Galia melons from Honduras because of a recent Salmonella outbreak.

Emergence of a risk to human health because of possible Salmonella Braenderup contamination means official…
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Another record quarter for international food safety network

By Joe Whitworth on November 15, 2021

A global food safety network was involved in 65 incidents from July to September, which is more than earlier this year.

It is the third successive quarter that events involving the International Food Safety Authorities…
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Global Salmonella outbreak linked to melons from Honduras

By Joe Whitworth on July 23, 2021

Almost 350 confirmed and 50 more possible Salmonella infections have been recorded across Europe and in the United Kingdom linked to melons. Some patients live in the United States.

Between mid-March and early July, 348…
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UK patient count in Salmonella melon outbreak doubles

By Joe Whitworth on June 19, 2021

The number of people sick in the United Kingdom in an outbreak linked to melons has almost doubled.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public Health England (PHE) are investigating the incident with 99 people…
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Large Salmonella outbreak linked to melons

By Joe Whitworth on June 1, 2021

Melons have been linked to a Salmonella Braenderup outbreak that has affected 200 people in more than 10 countries.

Patients have been reported in Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the…
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OIG says USDA reviews of exporting countries are inadequate

By Dan Flynn on October 18, 2017

“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” said early-American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson.

But in the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) at…
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