Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety unit have looked at milk and dairy products in Poland and the Netherlands.
A remote DG Sante audit, in March 2021 in Poland found the system
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There was an increase in the number of food safety reports on a platform managed by the European Commission in 2021, according to a new report.
The Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) includes the Rapid Alert
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Cronobacter has been detected in an infant milk formula sent to Moldova.
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) in Moldova ordered the recall of two lot codes of Numil initial infant milk formula that was
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Researchers have called for better education of consumers and a change in the rules following a Trichinella outbreak from wild boar meat.
An outbreak of trichinellosis due to consumption of sausage made from wild boar
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Researchers have tested frozen breaded chicken products in England following a Salmonella outbreak, finding several contaminated items and types of the bacteria, according to a recent report.
A Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak involving several strains occurred
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The European Commission has said there is no indication that alerts made by Bulgaria about Salmonella in Polish poultry meat in 2020 were not justified.
Krzysztof Jurgiel, former Polish Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,
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More than a dozen people fell ill in Sweden recently with Salmonella infections after eating undercooked burgers.
An outbreak with 15 cases of salmonellosis after a lunch at a hotel restaurant was investigated by the
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The food safety control system in Poland “leaves much to be desired,” according to the country’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK).
NIK analyzed nine of its inspections carried out in the past six years and five
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During the pandemic, virtual inspections of restaurants and domestic food manufacturers became standard. Remote audits of foreign inspection practices are part of that new normal.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service on Jan. 5 released
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An outbreak of hepatitis A in Norway has been linked to imported frozen raspberries.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) and Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) reported 20 people had been affected but the
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