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Focus on shellfish and chicken for summer in New Zealand

By News Desk on December 27, 2022

Public health officials in New Zealand are reminding people to thoroughly cook collected shellfish to avoid Vibrio parahaemolyticus infection.

New Zealand is in the warmer summer months of the Southern Hemisphere now and in previous such seasons…

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Seafood safety on radar of authorities in UK and New Zealand

By Joe Whitworth on August 22, 2022

Potentially hazardous shellfish have been seized in the United Kingdom while officials in New Zealand are urging people not to eat illegally sold mussels.

In the UK, Operation Pearl discovered shellfish being illegally harvested from…

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Officials in New Zealand report 10-fold increase in Vibrio infections

By News Desk on March 12, 2022

New Zealand recently recorded a sharp increase in Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections.

In January this year, 30 illnesses were reported compared with three in the same month of 2021.

New Zealand Food Safety had previously reminded …
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United States and EU to restart shellfish trade

By News Desk on February 9, 2022

Trade in shellfish between the United States and Europe is set to resume after more than a decade.

Spain and the Netherlands will be allowed to export chilled or frozen shellfish such as mussels, clams,…
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Mussels linked to 30 Vibrio infections in New Zealand

By News Desk on January 19, 2022

More than 30 people have fallen sick in the past few months with Vibrio infections in New Zealand.

Due to the increase in Vibrio parahaemolyticus cases around the country this summer, New Zealand Food Safety…
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ANSES sets value to protect people from emerging toxin in shellfish

By News Desk on May 12, 2021

A French agency has proposed a guideline value to protect consumers of shellfish from a group of marine biotoxins.

The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) said brevetoxins (BTX) were…
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New Zealand renews raw mussels warning due to Vibrio rise

By News Desk on March 26, 2021

Food safety officials in New Zealand have again warned people not to eat raw mussels because of a risk of Vibrio infection.

Figures from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) show a spike…
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Vibrio in mussels linked to illnesses in New Zealand

By News Desk on March 16, 2021

Two people are sick in New Zealand with food poisoning after eating mussels.

New Zealand Food Safety warned consumers to thoroughly cook mussels before eating after the duo became ill in the Nelson-Tasman region.

Vibrio…
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Study finds E. coli, Listeria and Vibrio in seafood

By News Desk on October 5, 2020

Researchers have looked at the presence of certain foodborne pathogens in seafood collected in Turkey.

The study examined levels of coliform bacteria, E. coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio vulnificus, and Vibrio cholerae in 700 samples of…
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Authorities issue warnings about toxins in shellfish

By Joe Whitworth on July 5, 2020

Authorities in Ireland and New Zealand have issued warnings about consumption of collected shellfish in the past week.

The Marine Institute in Ireland detected amounts of naturally occurring compounds in shellfish that can cause illness…
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