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FSA considering advising end to Fukushima checks

By News Desk on December 27, 2021

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is proposing recommending a removal of import checks on products from Fukushima and nearby areas.

The FSA is reviewing the controls on imports of food from Japan, that have been…
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E. coli outbreak involving thousands in Japan traced to red seaweed

By News Desk on December 10, 2021

E. coli was behind a large-scale food poisoning outbreak that involved about 3,000 school students and staff in Japan this past year, according to a study.

The investigation found the 2020 outbreak was caused by …
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FSANZ gets grant for food safety forum; consults on produce rules

By News Desk on November 24, 2021

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has been given a grant to create an international food safety forum.

The almost AU $500,000 (U.S. $363,000) award was announced by the Australian Department of Agriculture, Water and…
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U.S and EU ease Fukushima import rules

By Joe Whitworth on September 24, 2021

The United States and European Union have changed the rules around the import of food from areas near Fukushima in Japan.

While the Food and Drug Administration has removed an import alert, the European Commission…
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Japanese media reporting hundreds sick; school lunch milk under investigation

By News Desk on June 18, 2021

Hundreds of people, mostly children, have been sickened in what officials believe is a foodborne outbreak in the city of Toyama, Japan.

Multiple media outlets including nippon.com and Food World are reporting what they describe…
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FAO shares how it improved food safety in ASEAN

By Joe Whitworth on June 2, 2021

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has helped improve consumer health and boost the trade of food in South East Asia.

FAO ran a series of multi-year projects, funded by…
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Food poisoning top concern for people in Japan

By News Desk on January 20, 2021

Food poisoning has been the main food safety concern of surveyed Japanese people for almost every year since 2008, according to a study.

Food poisoning was ranked as the top food safety related hazard causing…
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Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

By Dan Flynn on July 29, 2020

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to the United States came in for review earlier this year in the form of an on-site equivalence verification audit by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. FSIS auditors…
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Thousands sick in E. coli outbreaks reported in Japan and South Korea

By News Desk on July 18, 2020

Officials in Korea are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has affected 100 people while more than 3,000 students and teachers recently got food poisoning in Japan, according to media reports.

The Korea Centers for…
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Raw beef liver ban had little impact on E. coli in Japan

By News Desk on December 26, 2019

A ban on serving raw beef liver in restaurants in Japan has not decreased the number of E. coli infections in the country, according to a study.

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) causes many symptoms from…
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