Two sampling projects have found issues with meat substitution and undeclared allergens despite an overall high level of compliance.
Findings come from targeted surveillance sampling of products in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland for the
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A business in New Zealand has been fined for the illegal sale of home-kill meat through butcher shops.
Canterbury Homekill Services Limited (CHK) and owners Noel Womersley and Halena Hitchcock were sentenced to multiple charges
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Authorities in Finland have uncovered large quantities of unrefrigerated meat being brought into the country without any documentation.
Finnish Customs (Tulli) said the case involves evading taxes and food safety. The issue was found during
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Multidrug-resistant E. coli has been found in supermarket meat samples tested in a Spanish study.
Researchers said findings show consumers may be exposed to bacteria capable of causing severe infections through beef and pork. A full paper is
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Most food companies feel leaving the European Union has affected operations while many said COVID-19 didn’t impact their ability to meet regulatory requirements, according to a survey.
The poll, commissioned by the Food Standards Agency
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Argentinian officials have confirmed leptospirosis and Salmonella in an outbreak that has killed two people.
Authorities in Buenos Aires reported that four adults were hospitalized in the city of Berazategui in early 2023. Salmonella and
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Factors affecting the safety of aged meat have been assessed in a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) opinion.
The impact of dry-aging of beef and wet-aging of beef, pork, and lamb on microbiological hazards and
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Two final reports on controls measures for E. coli and for Listeria in ready-to-eat food have been unveiled by FAO and WHO.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published
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Checks on spices as part of a food fraud project in Finland didn’t find any authenticity issues but did uncover Salmonella contamination.
Monitoring was targeted at operators whose batches were found to have been non-compliant
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Researchers have found that Salmonella caused the most outbreaks linked to meat products in China over a 15-year period.
From 2002 to 2017, China recorded 2,815 outbreaks caused by meat and meat products, resulting in
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