The USDA’s Foreign Audit Reports for Japan and Israel have been released during the past week. Japan’s food safety systems for raw intact beef products were the subject of fieldwork from July 19 to August 17, 2022. Israel’s food safety systems were evaluated from June 27 to July 19, 2022

Continue Reading The first foreign audit reports of 2023 are good for Japanese and Israeli meat exporters to the U.S.

Researchers have estimated that Japan had around 20,000 anisakiasis cases each year in 2018 and 2019. These figures are much higher than official data.

Anisakiasis is a parasitic disease caused by anisakid worms. Transmission occurs when infective larvae are ingested from fish or squid that are eaten raw or undercooked.

Continue Reading Scientists find large gap in anisakis estimates and official statistics

PITTSBURGH, PA —  In an IAFP 2022 session on Aug. 2, Dr. Ewen Todd, Ewen Todd Consulting, LLC, provided an overview of several international outbreaks.

Todd started with a chocolate outbreak in European countries in February 2022. 

As various countries came forward with Salmonella cases connected to the outbreak there

Continue Reading IAFP session provides overview of recent international foodborne outbreaks

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 the Environment.

FSANZ hopes it will initially include Australia, China, the Republic of Korea, Japan
Continue Reading FSANZ gets grant for food safety forum; consults on produce rules

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 as a mass food poisoning event. Sick people have developed symptoms in line with food
Continue Reading Japanese media reporting hundreds sick; school lunch milk under investigation