Police in London have arrested a man on suspicion of contaminating food at three supermarkets.
Metropolitan Police detained Leoaai Elghareeb in Hammersmith and Fulham after foodstuffs at the stores were injected with an as yet
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The Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia and New Zealand has published updated food safety guidelines for the industry.
The group is an industry-led organization established in 2013.
The guidelines are designed to achieve greater consistency
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The government’s response to tampering of Australian strawberries with needles this past year was timely but areas to improve have been identified in a Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) report.
These include centralizing incident
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Plans to create stronger penalties for deliberate food contamination are being considered in New Zealand.
Nathan Guy, a member of parliament for the New Zealand National Party, has proposed a Member’s Bill to protect people
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It was a mixed year which saw many multi-country, multi-year outbreaks raise their head again but for some of them, 2018 marked the year they were solved.
The year also brought regulation changes, updated
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A 50-year-old woman has been charged in relation to contamination of strawberries with sewing needles in Australia.
My Ut Trinh was arrested on Sunday and appeared at Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday, Nov. 12. She had
Continue Reading Former strawberry farm worker charged; allegedly put needles in strawberries
