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FDA expands enoki mushrooms import alert from South Korea, adds China

By News Desk on March 2, 2023

On March 1, the FDA announced that it is expanding an import alert issued last July for all enoki mushrooms imported from the Republic of Korea to now also include enoki mushrooms from China for…

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Study shows different COVID-19 impact on infections from viruses and bacteria

By Joe Whitworth on July 12, 2021

The number of infections from gastrointestinal viruses dropped but bacterial pathogen reports did not go down much in South Korea during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.

Such viruses are mainly caused by the…
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Officials at former McDonald’s Korea supplier given suspended sentences

By News Desk on February 3, 2021

A local court in Seoul has convicted three people for supplying contaminated food to McDonald’s in South Korea.

Seoul Central District Court imposed suspended jail sentences on the three employees of the former supplier, named…
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France also affected by Listeria in enoki mushrooms

By News Desk on August 3, 2020

France has become the fifth country to report Listeria in enoki mushrooms from South Korea.

It was already known that 36 people fell sick and four died in the United States from November 2016 to…
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Thousands sick in E. coli outbreaks reported in Japan and South Korea

By News Desk on July 18, 2020

Officials in Korea are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has affected 100 people while more than 3,000 students and teachers recently got food poisoning in Japan, according to media reports.

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Australia joins U.S. in having Listeria cases linked to imported mushrooms

By Joe Whitworth on April 18, 2020

Six people in Australia are part of an international Listeria outbreak traced to imported mushrooms that has also killed four in the United States.

The Listeria monocytogenes patients in Australia have been identified by whole…
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Korea’s food safety regulations for poultry found equivalent to U.S.

By News Desk on December 30, 2019

Su Jin Kong, the imported food policy director for the Republic of Korea, learned on Dec.16 that his country’s regulation for processed poultry products continues to be equivalent to that of the United States.

The…
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Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported clams

By News Desk on September 19, 2019

Authorities in an Australian state have linked eight Hepatitis A patients to imported clams.

The New South Wales (NSW) Food Authority advised consumers who bought salted or pickled clams from Koryo Food Co. or Byul…
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Australian agencies investigate Hepatitis A outbreak

By News Desk on August 23, 2019

Two health agencies in Australia are investigating a cluster of hepatitis A infections in the South Korean community.

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health Directorate and New South Wales (NSW) Health reported eight adults of…
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Norovirus spreads at Olympics; hand sanitizers little help

By News Desk on February 9, 2018

Forty-two more cases of norovirus have been confirmed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, bringing the total to 128 on the eve of the start of the games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.…

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