Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens.
At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts reviewed recent scientific developments, data, and evidence, including a review of the disease burden, attribution to food commodities of high public
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has voiced frustration at what it called “repeated, similar and fundamental” breaches of food law.
92 enforcement orders were served on businesses for violating food safety legislation in 2023, up from the 77 reported in 2022.
FSAI expressed disappointment at the increase and
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Every Plate of Grand Prairie, TX, is recalling Green Curry Paste because the product has been spoiled by temperature abuse.
According to the details posted online by the FDA, the recall was initiated on July 21, 2023, and is ongoing.
The recall products were distributed in South Carolina, Arizona, Illinois
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert about some Signature Select not-ready-to-eat breakfast bowl products that were subject to temperature abuse during storage at a distribution center that may have resulted in the growth of spoilage organisms or pathogens.
The
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There is potential for consumers to have a stronger voice and play more of a role in food safety, according to speakers on a recent webinar.
The session, held as part of the Health Talks series, featured Vincent Doumeizel, of Lloyd’s Register Foundation, Chris Hegadorn from the Committee on
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Children in England are suffering food poisoning because domestic refrigerators are being turned off to save money, according to multiple reports.
Truro Food Bank told the BBC it has had reports of children having upset stomachs, or food poisoning, because some parents are turning their fridges and freezers off overnight
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Danish authorities have found a quarter of companies don’t follow the rules when collecting or delivering food.
A Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelsen) control campaign from May to September 2021 looked at the transport of food at retail level. It did not cover the occasional delivery of food ordered
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Experts in the WHO’s European Region have considered food safety during a meeting on the out-of-home (OOH) food sector.
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional office for Europe organized an event in June with several member states to assess and develop policy guidance for the sector which includes takeaway cafés,
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Almost 20 people have fallen ill in Sweden this month from histamine poisoning in fish from Vietnam.
The foodborne outbreak at the beginning of April affected 19 people in Stockholm.
Guests eating tuna at three different restaurants in Stockholm reported symptoms of histamine poisoning.
All three restaurants purchased frozen tuna
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Cross contamination and temperature abuse are factors that played a role in an outbreak of Salmonella in Hong Kong earlier this year.
In May, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health recorded 236 illnesses linked to consumption of sandwiches produced in a food factory with more
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