Japan

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

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’

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2020

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Thousands sick in E. coli outbreaks reported in Japan and South Korea

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

By News Desk

/ 18 Jul 2020

Thousands sick in E. coli outbreaks reported in Japan and South Korea

Raw beef liver ban had little impact on E. coli in Japan

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

By News Desk

/ 26 Dec 2019

Raw beef liver ban had little impact on E. coli in Japan

Study reviews Campylobacter due to chicken meat in Japan

Researchers have looked into the levels and factors behind Campylobacter food poisoning associated with chicken in Japan. To prevent campylobacteriosis, it is necessary to counteract sanitation hazards in the food

By News Desk

/ 8 Nov 2019

Study reviews Campylobacter due to chicken meat in Japan

Outbreaks in Japan likely from contaminated seaweed facility

Outbreak investigators in Japan have identified contamination in a seaweed production plant as the cause of seven foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened almost 2,100 people in 2017. The seven

By News Desk

/ 18 Apr 2018

Canadian pork recalled from 2 states, defense commissary

A Canadian company is recalling more than two tons of raw pork because it did not undergo proper inspections when it was shipped to U.S. retailers, restaurants and a

By News Desk

/ 7 Feb 2018

Two E. coli O157:H7 illness clusters under scrutiny in Japan

Japan health authorities are dealing with two new clusters of E. coli O157:H7 infections. The first involves a suspended grilled-meat restaurant in Yokohama, linked to the illnesses of

By News Desk

/ 25 Aug 2017

Hong Kong still testing food imports for Fukushima’s radiation

More than five years ago on Friday, March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 set off a large tsunami sending a 50-foot

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Aug 2016

Slight Radioactivity Found in Japanese Tea Shipped to Hong Kong

Food safety authorities in Hong Kong found trace amounts of radioactive cesium 137 in powdered tea imported from Japan last week, according to The New York Times. The sample tested

By News Desk

/ 17 Mar 2015

New Radiation Detector for Food Uses Space Technology

A collaboration between two companies has developed a device for detecting radiation-contamination food. After an earthquake and tsunami damaged Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011 and caused a

By News Desk

/ 10 Mar 2015

As Toxin Fears Grow, More Chinese Are Buying Imported Rice

Despite being the number-one producer and consumer of rice in the world, more Chinese citizens are buying rice imported from Japan and elsewhere due to fears about heavy metals

By News Desk

/ 28 Jan 2015

Plastic Reported in Chicken Nuggets From McDonald’s Outlet in Japan

McDonald’s Japan and Cargill Inc., one of the fast-food company’s chicken suppliers in Asia, are apologizing and trying to reassure the public after a customer at a

By News Desk

/ 8 Jan 2015

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Japan

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Thousands sick in E. coli outbreaks reported in Japan and South Korea

Raw beef liver ban had little impact on E. coli in Japan

Study reviews Campylobacter due to chicken meat in Japan

Outbreaks in Japan likely from contaminated seaweed facility

Canadian pork recalled from 2 states, defense commissary

Two E. coli O157:H7 illness clusters under scrutiny in Japan

Hong Kong still testing food imports for Fukushima’s radiation

Slight Radioactivity Found in Japanese Tea Shipped to Hong Kong

New Radiation Detector for Food Uses Space Technology

As Toxin Fears Grow, More Chinese Are Buying Imported Rice

Plastic Reported in Chicken Nuggets From McDonald’s Outlet in Japan

Your Support Protects Public Health