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Hundreds who attended Imelda Marcos birthday party sickened with food borne illnesses

They gave Imelda Marcos a big birthday party on July 3, and ever since then foodborne illness has made many of her guests sick, but she is just fine. Since

By News Desk

/ 8 Jul 2019

Hundreds who attended Imelda Marcos birthday party sickened with food borne illnesses

EFSA lists food safety research needs

The European Food Safety Authority has identified research priorities in food safety for the next five to 10 years. The agency listed its regulatory research priorities under three streams: Safe

By News Desk

/ 7 Jul 2019

Study finds variation of lead uptake in fruits, veggies; risk highest for children

Researchers have suggested guidance in the United Kingdom should be revised because it does not recognize how lead is stored in soil and transferred to vegetables. Recent years have seen

By News Desk

/ 6 Jul 2019

Study finds variation of lead uptake in fruits, veggies; risk highest for children

CDC, FDA say only Cavi brand papayas linked to outbreak; more people sick

As the patient count continues to increase, officials have narrowed the likely source of a papaya-related Salmonella outbreak to one distributor selling the tropical fruit under the Cavi brand. No

By Coral Beach

/ 5 Jul 2019

UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil

The United Kingdom has returned multiple containers of chicken to Brazil during a period of more than a year because of Salmonella. Tereza Cristina, Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and

By Joe Whitworth

/ 5 Jul 2019

UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil

Recommendations made in food hygiene ratings system review

A review of the food hygiene ratings system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has resulted in 12 recommendations. The assessment of the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS), commissioned by

By News Desk

/ 5 Jul 2019

Australia and New Zealand get revised produce safety guidelines

The Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia and New Zealand has published updated food safety guidelines for the industry. The group is an industry-led organization established in 2013. The guidelines are

By News Desk

/ 4 Jul 2019

Australia and New Zealand get revised produce safety guidelines

Belgian alert for hepatitis linked to supplements; update to UK outbreak

Belgian officials have issued a warning because of incidents of hepatitis infections being linked to dietary supplements containing curcumin. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC)

By Joe Whitworth

/ 3 Jul 2019

Belgian alert for hepatitis linked to supplements; update to UK outbreak

Officials bust gang in organic fraud case involving rotten apples

European authorities have uncovered an operation allegedly making products out of decomposed apples, contaminated with mycotoxins and other toxic chemicals, unsuitable for human consumption and dangerous for public health. Italian

By News Desk

/ 3 Jul 2019

Officials bust gang in organic fraud case involving rotten apples

Sandwich firm involved in Listeria outbreak goes into liquidation

The sandwich producer that has become infamous for it’s part in a Listeria outbreak that killed at least five people in England has gone into liquidation. The Good Food

By News Desk

/ 2 Jul 2019

Sandwich firm involved in Listeria outbreak goes into liquidation

Globalization increases risk of multi-country food safety issues – FAO

Increased globalization of the food supply means people worldwide are more exposed to different hazards, according to a United Nations agency. In a brochure on the future of food safety,

By News Desk

/ 2 Jul 2019

Globalization increases risk of multi-country food safety issues – FAO

WGS use on pathogens ‘extremely limited’ in developing countries

Use of whole genome sequencing is extremely limited in most developing nations, according to a study. Researchers found while some countries lack the capacity to collect and analyse the data

By News Desk

/ 1 Jul 2019

WGS use on pathogens ‘extremely limited’ in developing countries

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World

Hundreds who attended Imelda Marcos birthday party sickened with food borne illnesses

EFSA lists food safety research needs

Study finds variation of lead uptake in fruits, veggies; risk highest for children

CDC, FDA say only Cavi brand papayas linked to outbreak; more people sick

UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil

Recommendations made in food hygiene ratings system review

Australia and New Zealand get revised produce safety guidelines

Belgian alert for hepatitis linked to supplements; update to UK outbreak

Officials bust gang in organic fraud case involving rotten apples

Sandwich firm involved in Listeria outbreak goes into liquidation

Globalization increases risk of multi-country food safety issues – FAO

WGS use on pathogens ‘extremely limited’ in developing countries

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