An alcohol importer and distributor in New Zealand has been fined for trying to sell products without legitimate bottle labels.
Importer Golden Grand Trading and distributor Mayajaal Holdings were sentenced in Auckland District Court in April following a prosecution by New Zealand Food Safety.
Golden Grand Trading pleaded guilty to
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A man has been arrested as part of an investigation into champagne contaminated with ecstasy that was linked to one death in 2022.
Eight people, aged 33 to 52, fell sick in mid-February 2022 in Weiden, Germany, and one died. There were also four illnesses in the Netherlands.
At the
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Another three people have been arrested in the second phase of an investigation into expired food being reintroduced into the supply chain.
Measures were taken against the trio this month. The operation involved Europol, France, Germany, Spain, and the Carabinieri NAS of Turin, and Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza).
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Law enforcement authorities have dismantled a Lithuanian group accused of putting expired food products with altered labeling back on the market.
The operation involved Eurojust and Europol, plus agencies in Lithuania, Estonia, France, and Germany.
Active since early 2021, the organized crime group is believed to have purchased millions of
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A warning about champagne contaminated with ecstasy in Europe that is behind one death has been extended.
More than three months after the alarm was first raised, authorities believe another lot code of Moët and Chandon Ice Imperial could be affected.
The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food
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German police have detained a woman they believe was responsible for contaminating food and drinks that poisoned people at a university this past year.
The 32-year-old woman from Mainz has been placed in a psychiatric hospital, according to the public prosecutor’s office in Darmstadt and police in southern Hesse. She
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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 unidentified substance via the use of needles. He was charged with contaminating or interfering with
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Police in a German state are investigating a suspected food poisoning incident after several people fell ill at a university.
Seven people reported health problems after consuming various foods or beverages during Monday lunchtime at the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt). The first people were taken to hospital with
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Two women needed immediate medical treatment after drinking beverages that had been tampered within Germany, according to police.
In March and April, there were four incidents in two food markets of different retail chains in the west of Munich.
An as-yet-unidentified individual introduced a lethal dose of toxic substances from
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Certain Cow & Gate baby food has been recalled from a supermarket in the United Kingdom because it may have been tampered with.
Cow & Gate and Tesco are recalling 15 varieties of 7 plus month Cow & Gate baby food sold in jars by Tesco stores in the U.K.
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