Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli and Listeria infections all went up while Salmonella declined, according to the 2018 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.
Campylobacter remained the top foodborne pathogen. The country has a performance
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New Zealand has unveiled a strategy and action plan to help focus resources so it can quickly respond to current issues and prepare for emerging threats.
The strategy sets out a plan of action to
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The Ministry for Primary Industries in New Zealand has told unregistered raw drinking milk suppliers to stop sales until they comply with legal requirements.
Compliance staff from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) executed search
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A dairy company in New Zealand has been fined for falsifying almost 200 positive Listeria results between 2012 and 2016.
Epicurean Dairy Ltd., and the company’s former general manager Angus Allan, pleaded guilty to 10
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New Zealand Food Safety, a unit of the Ministry for Primary Industries, is seeking input about a draft strategy, wanting to hear from consumers, customers and partners about meeting the needs of New Zealanders and
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Microorganisms and parasites were only rarely detected in seafood products imported to Norway from third countries in 2018, according to a new report.
The document summarizes an ongoing monitoring program for veterinary border control on
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Businesses in New Zealand have been given the option of using three tools designed to make it easier to follow the rules and keep consumers safe.
Damien O’Connor, Food Safety Minister, launched remote verification, “My
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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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Food safety officials in New Zealand are urging people to cook raw mussels thoroughly after an increase in food poisoning.
New Zealand Food Safety reported a rise in people with food poisoning caused by Vibrio
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Canada is one of a number of countries that has received raw milk cheese linked to an outbreak of E. coli O26 in France.
French authorities reported 13 cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in
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Authorities in New Zealand want feedback by the end of the month on whether rules around processing and selling raw drinking milk are working as intended. Between 2009 and 2016 there were 46 outbreaks where
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