Authorities in Spain and Portugal have uncovered what they are calling a criminal network involving contaminated clams that sickened up to 30 people.
The investigation involved the Portuguese Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE), Food
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The European Commission’s unit responsible for policy on food safety and health has published two reports on fishery products from tuna species.
DG SANTE auditors went to Italy from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8 this
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Authorities from six European countries have dismantled an alleged criminal organization that sold fish unfit for consumption.
Fish was stored in, and transported to, several EU countries in improper and unsanitary conditions, and then sold
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Grupo Día, which has 7,400 stores, has recalled a batch of canned sardines in olive oil in Spain and Portugal because of botulinum toxin.
The product comes from Portugal and was distributed in Spain. No
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A French company that packs olives and garlic and a sardine packer in Portugal are both on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for food safety violations at their facilities.
In warning letters dated
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Warning letters recently made public by the Food and Drug Administration addressed food safety violations at seafood processing operations in Portugal and Peru, dirty equipment and insects at a cider production facility in Kansas and
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Foreign seafood processors in Ecuador, Portugal, Malaysia, Spain and Vietnam have, in the past month or so, have received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). All face the possibility of having
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