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Study reveals outbreak trends in Malaysia

By News Desk on September 4, 2022

The number of foodborne outbreaks over a six year period in Malaysia has remained stable, according to a study.

Researchers looked at the occurrence of food poisoning incidents within Pahang, from 2013 to 2018. Pahang…

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Eggs behind five English Salmonella outbreaks in 2019

By News Desk on October 27, 2021

Five of 15 foodborne Salmonella outbreaks were linked to eggs in England in 2019, according to data published by the UK Health Security Agency.

The five Salmonella Enteritidis outbreaks sickened 93 people with 13 hospitalized…
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Tackling climate change can boost food safety

By Cookson Beecher on August 30, 2021

Stifling heat waves, droughts, devastating forest and wildland fires, flooding, violent cyclones, rising sea levels, human lives lost — we’ve heard about this and more in the news this summer. And while each story is…
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Government Chemist sees cases reduce because of pandemic

By Joe Whitworth on June 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a reduction in referee cases but requests have increased in complexity, according to the Government Chemist.

Paul Hancock, referee analyst and head at the Office of the Government Chemist…
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Researchers describe outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia

By News Desk on March 3, 2021

Abstracts from a cancelled event have been issued on outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia.

The conference abstracts were scheduled to be presented at the International Congress on Infectious Diseases in September 2020 in Kuala…
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Researchers find arsenic in rice risk for UK infants

By News Desk on May 5, 2020

Scientists have found half of rice varieties they tested exceeded maximum arsenic limits for young children in the United Kingdom.

A team at the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food found 28 of 55…
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FSAI says its audit findings on Sushi are ‘concerning’

By News Desk on October 1, 2019

Nine in 10 sushi businesses did not have adequate controls to safeguard human health during a Food Safety Authority of Ireland audit.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) conducted the audits in October 2018…
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Chicken linked to Salmonella outbreak in Czech Republic

By News Desk on April 27, 2019

Salmonella in chicken has been linked to almost 70 illnesses in the Czech Republic.

Health authorities in the city of Zlin reported the outbreak in the middle of March at Tomáše Bati Regional Hospital.

A…
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INFOSAN involved in fipronil, fake rice and Salmonella events

By Joe Whitworth on January 7, 2019

An international food safety entity responded to more than 80 incidents over a two-year period, according to a report.

The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was involved in 84 international food safety events during…
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GAO tells Rep. DeLauro that agencies need to pick up the pace

By Dan Flynn on April 17, 2018

At the request of Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-CT, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has returned to the problem of managing the risk of arsenic in rice. The GAO is an agency in the…
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