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Uganda sets sights on reducing aflatoxin burden

By News Desk on June 19, 2022

The government of Uganda has started a campaign to tackle the high levels of aflatoxin in food.

The call, supported by Oxfam, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the Grain Council of Uganda and…

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Food aid incident was largest known outbreak from tropane alkaloids

By Joe Whitworth on May 6, 2022

Researchers have provided more details about an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda in 2019 that killed five people.

It was the largest documented outbreak caused by food contamination with tropane alkaloids, according…
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FAO, WHO and WFP on food safety, accountability at GFSI Conference

By Joe Whitworth on April 14, 2022

United Nations food safety agencies and GFSI local groups shared the stage at the recent Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference in Barcelona.

The 600 registrants from 50 countries heard from the Food and Agriculture…
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FSA and others monitoring potential food impacts of Ukraine invasion

By News Desk on March 11, 2022

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has added its voice of support to the people of Ukraine while reassuring those in the United Kingdom that no related food safety risks have yet been detected.

The agency…
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Experts urge shift to recognize work behind food safety

By Joe Whitworth on March 16, 2021

People have to learn how to talk differently about food as it is not an accident it is safe, according to an FAO expert.

Markus Lipp, senior food safety officer at the Food and Agriculture…
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Experts help WFP after food aid outbreak

By News Desk on December 2, 2020

An expert group on tropane alkaloids that gathered after an outbreak traced to contaminated food aid in Uganda has published its findings.

In 2019, 315 people were ill and five died after eating “Super Cereal”…
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Problems found at Turkish Super Cereal food aid supplier

By Joe Whitworth on November 20, 2020

A review has highlighted issues at a Turkish factory that supplied food aid implicated in a deadly outbreak in Uganda that sickened hundreds this past year.

Problems in the processing plant involved poor quality raw…
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Researchers show Ugandan outbreaks caused by single batch of food aid

By Joe Whitworth on October 13, 2020

Scientists have shone a light on the cause of multiple serious and fatal food poisoning incidents in Uganda in 2019. They found all three outbreaks were caused by a single batch of a type of…
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COVID-19 hygiene focus could help food safety in Asia-Pacific

By News Desk on June 19, 2020

Heightened hygiene measures put in place because the coronavirus pandemic will have positive effects on longer term food safety in the Asia-Pacific region, according to experts.

The COVID-19 outbreak has increased awareness of the need…
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WFP asks for help to prevent repeat of tropane alkaloid outbreaks

By Joe Whitworth on May 1, 2020

The World Food Program (WFP) has requested assistance from the FAO and WHO on tropane alkaloids after five people died in Uganda this past year from contaminated food aid.

The United Nations agency wanted the…
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