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Modifications to federal import alerts include cantaloupes, catfish and candy

By News Desk on August 9, 2019

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as…
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CFIA now empowered to levy food safety fines of up to $15,000

By News Desk on May 2, 2019

Canadian Food Inspection Agency officials say they’re already using the agency’s new power to assess “Administrative Monetary Penalties” of up to $15,000 against food businesses for for violations that threaten food safety and market access…
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E. coli sickens 26 in Denmark; no cases in other countries as yet

By Joe Whitworth on November 6, 2018

Danish officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has 26 cases with three out of four being children.

Statens Serum Institut (SSI), the agency responsible for the preparedness against infectious diseases in Denmark, said…
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E. coli levels in private water supplies in Scotland deemed ‘unacceptable’

By News Desk on September 29, 2018

Findings of E. coli in more than one in 10 tests on private water supplies in Scotland is “unacceptable,” according to the body that regulates water quality.

A report from Scotland’s Drinking Water Quality Regulator…
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PepsiCo recalls peanuts because of aflatoxin levels

By Joe Whitworth on September 28, 2018

PepsiCo has recalled a brand of peanuts from multiple countries due to higher than permitted levels of aflatoxin.

Duyvis Peanuts zout-Sel 200-gram with dates July 13 and 20, 2019, and lot numbers 0001005431 and 0000998957…
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Lactalis restarts sales from plant linked to Salmonella outbreak

By Joe Whitworth on September 20, 2018

Lactalis has been allowed to restart sales of infant formula made at a plant in France that was behind a Salmonella outbreak in 2017.

Authorities in Mayenne, a department in France, and the French Ministry…
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E. coli found in mojitos sold on Barcelona’s beaches

By News Desk on September 19, 2018

Spanish authorities have seized ingredients hidden in sewers and trash bins that were used to make mojitos at a tourist hot spot.

La Guardia Civil carried out controls on beaches of the Barcelona coast in…
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Campylobacter levels in UK chicken hold steady

By Joe Whitworth on September 17, 2018

Almost 4 percent of fresh whole chickens produced in the United Kingdom showed Campylobacter contamination above maximum tested levels, according to the latest results.

Testing from the top nine retailers in the UK on samples…
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E. coli a factor in death of British tourists while on vacation in Egypt

By News Desk on September 15, 2018

E. coli infection played a role in the deaths of two British tourists in Egypt, according to the country’s authorities.

John and Susan Cooper, from Burnley in England, died while on holiday at the Steigenberger…
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Public warned of Salmonella outbreak in Adelaide traced to raw alfalfa sprouts

By Joe Whitworth on September 12, 2018

A Salmonella outbreak in an Australian state linked to alfalfa sprouts has eight confirmed cases. Testing of retail product confirmed Salmonella presence in a variety of alfalfa sprout products.

South Australians have been warned not…
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