Campylobacter increased but Salmonella decreased in 2018, according to figures from Health Protection Scotland (HPS).
A total of 6,096 laboratory reports of Campylobacter were received by HPS last year, which was an increase of 301 (5.2 percent) compared to 2017 when 5,795 isolates were recorded. It is the second consecutive
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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published a report that it says can be used as a basis to improve safety for artisan Scottish producers making cheese from unpasteurized milk.
The literature review, by Catherine Donnelly, provides evidence to Scottish artisan cheesemakers and enforcement officials in managing the microbiological safety of
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Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) Monday released the findings of its food safety report for March. The results of about 12,000 food samples tested were satisfactory except for four samples. The overall satisfaction rate was 99.9 percent.
CFS is a unit of Hong Kong’s Food and Environmental Hygiene
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