Only 10 of almost 800 samples taken during food safety inspections were non-compliant, according to results published by the Ministry of Health in the Czech Republic.
From August to October 2017, the Regional Hygiene Stations
Continue Reading Produce checks largely compliant in Czech Republic
A study has provided more detail on a multi-year outbreak of Listeria linked to meat products from one company in Germany. The United States was one of 20 countries that received the meat.
The aim
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Spanish authorities have seized more than 120,000 kilos of potentially unsafe meat products.
La Guardia Civil in Spain detained 14 people and investigated another two for their part in labeling and distribution of meat products
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CLS Gourmet CL Saigon Food Company, in Philadelphia, has recalled approximately 128,841 pounds of various meat products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
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Officials in New Zealand are investigating six Listeria infections spread over four years that appear to be connected.
The Nelson Marlborough Public Health Service (PHS) has received four reports of listeriosis in the past 12
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Four companies have been fined in Singapore in the past month for illegally importing food products.
All of the firms had penalties set in court. In October, CCL Impex Pte Ltd. was fined S$3,600 (U.S.
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Imported fruit and vegetables was the category with the highest percentage of non-compliances during testing in 2019, according to authorities in Singapore.
A total of 3,825 consignments of fruit and vegetables were sampled from April
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More than 1,000 product warnings, recalls and notices for food, food contact materials, cosmetics and toys were published in Austria between 2010 and 2019.
The main reasons were residues, microorganisms and contamination by foreign material.
Continue Reading Austria records more than 800 food recalls in past decade
The number of deaths linked to a Listeria outbreak from meat products in 2019 has doubled.
It had been thought 21 people were infected with Listeria monocytogenes in the Netherlands and Belgium. One person fell
Continue Reading Deaths linked to Dutch Listeria outbreak double
Irish authorities have closed an unregistered business for selling meat judged to be unfit to eat.
Jair Lopes Muniz of JLM Foods and JLM Family Butchers on Main Street Tyrrellspass, Westmeath, was served with a
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