Two examples showing the benefits and challenges of agencies moving from paper-based to digital systems have been published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The first covers how
According to a multi-agency analysis, a decline in antimicrobial consumption in Europe has been associated with a drop in overall antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Findings come from a report looking at
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Norovirus caused the most foodborne outbreaks, but Salmonella was behind the largest, according to an analysis covering several years in Finland.
In 2020 to 2022, there were 135 foodborne outbreaks
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has been told by auditors to improve its oversight of food importers.
The Auditor-General in New Zealand examined how well the MPI was monitoring
A Taylor Farms salad mix is under recall in Canada after government testing showed contamination with Salmonella.
The “Mexican Style Street Corn Chopped (Salad) Kit” was sold in New Brunswick,
Polish authorities have issued an urgent warning to avoid meat sold at a market in the country after one person died.
The Government Centre for Security (RCB) told people not
The majority of people in Southeast Asian countries wash raw poultry meat at home before cooking, according to a study.
People are advised not to wash raw poultry before cooking
The head of a dairy company behind a Listeria outbreak in Austria faces more than a year in prison.
The boss of Käserei Gloggnitz was sentenced to 13 months in
The number of food recalls rose slightly in Germany last year with more than 100 because of microbial contamination.
Federal states and the Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food
According to a study, an outbreak of ciguatera poisoning from contaminated fish affected 19 people on a ship in Australia.
The food poisoning outbreak was reported to the Central Queensland
Scientists have called for Chagas disease to be included in new estimates of the global burden of foodborne disease.
Chagas disease, caused by infection with the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, has
