The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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Health officials in Thailand are urging people not to eat raw or undercooked pork after hundreds of cases and two dozen deaths were recorded.
From January to November 2023, there were 500 Streptococcus suis cases with 24 deaths in several different provinces, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Continue Reading Thailand issues Streptococcus suis warning as 2 dozen deaths reported
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
Continue Reading FDA sends warning to seafood firm in Thailand
Thailand last week discovered the country’s first official case of African Swine Fever (ASF).
Thailand’s finding is part of the worldwide spread of ASF. The disease has reached numerous countries across Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and the Pacific in domestic and wild pigs.
ASF reached the Americas late last year
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China has tightened import rules after finding the virus that causes COVID-19 on packaging of fruit from Vietnam and Thailand.
At least nine Chinese cities have recorded positive coronavirus tests in relation to dragon fruit from Vietnam and longan fruit from Thailand, according to media reports.
China had already stopped
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Researchers have increased knowledge of the lifecycle of some parasites by studying snails in Thailand. These parasites can cause severe infections in humans who consume raw or improperly cooked fish that have fed on infected snails.
Parasitic flatworms were found to use several species of thiarid snails, commonly found in
Continue Reading Scientists study role of snails in parasites that pose public health threat
The problem of Salmonella contaminated poultry meat from Thailand detected at the European border is likely to continue, according to a report.
DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for policy on food safety and health, visited Thailand to assess the control system for poultry products intended for export to Europe.
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Frozen profiteroles and eclairs from Thailand linked to a Salmonella outbreak in Canada have also been sold in Australia.
Three deaths and 76 cases have been reported across seven provinces, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) in an update from the two deaths and 73 lab-confirmed cases
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An audit of the control system in Thailand on poultry meat for export to Europe has found it has got worse in some areas since the last inspection in 2013.
Auditors from the Directorate-General Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) visited one laboratory, five slaughterhouses and cutting plants and three
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The federal government is taking comments for 30 days about whether China, Vietnam and Thailand should be listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) as eligible to export Siluriformes fish to the United States.
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is asking for comments about its newly proposed
Continue Reading Three countries with 30 foreign catfish producers want access to U.S. market
