A recall of Nestlé Maggi noodles in India in 2015 impacted the company for several years, according to an analysis of consumer purchase data.
Scientists examined the immediate and long-term changes in noodle purchases after
Continue Reading Researchers assess the impact of Nestlé India Maggi recall; food safety concerns lingered
Seven new trade issues discussed at the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting on food safety involved the European Union.
Countries raised 52 specific trade concerns (STCs), 10 of them for the first time, at
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The European Commission is to change the rules around the presence of ethylene oxide in food additives.
A revision was made because of the challenge in enforcing the current law because of a lack of
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Authorities in the United Kingdom have advised businesses to test soya lecithin from India because of potential peanut contamination.
The issue was raised by Germany via a Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF)
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Batches of a food additive from India have been found to contain undeclared peanut protein prompting authorities to warn of a serious risk to allergic consumers.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland
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A number of European countries have again expressed concerns about how the ethylene oxide contamination incidents are being handled.
Several nations highlighted the high burden of required action as more products are found to be
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More than 250 people fell sick and 150 were hospitalized in India this past week after eating food provided by an employer that makes iPhones, according to multiple media reports.
Local media quoted a statement
Continue Reading Employees of iPhone manufacturer suffer food poisoning in India
Water and soil are the usual transmission sources when rare Burkholderia pseudomallei infections occur.
But in the latest CDC Health Update, the source of four recent associated Burkholderia pseudomallei Infections, also known as Melioidosis, was
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Several European countries have called measures adopted to deal with ethylene oxide in a food additive “disproportionate.”
In July, it was agreed all products containing the additive locust bean gum (E410) that is contaminated with
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The number of food and feed risk notices reported by EU countries to the European Commission fell by more than 6 percent in 2020, according to an annual report.
In 2020, there were 3,862 original
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