Excessive consumption of slush ice drinks over a short time period has been linked to two children falling sick in Scotland.
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) said it was aware of two children, in Edinburgh in
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Olam Food Ingredients, of Firebaugh, CA, is recalling 42,764 pounds of “Onion Powder Premium” because the product may contain Salmonella.
According to the recall posted online by the FDA, the recall was initiated on May
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Researchers have proposed a radical shift in how food safety is looked at in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
They said the top-down focus of efforts to build food safety capacity in LMICs has largely
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The number of food and beverage recalls in Europe went up in the first few months of 2023, according to an analysis.
Data comes from Sedgwick brand protection’s latest European product recall report and is based
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Roberto Adams, a 69-year-old retired USDA Lead Animal Health Technician, must pay a $40,000 fine and enter federal prison for five years. He acknowledged being guilty of accepting bribes as a public official from March
Continue Reading Mexican cattle brokers who bribed a USDA official about ticks are ‘in the wind’
Progress has been made on guidelines for remote audits but not on a food fraud text, according to reports from a recent Codex meeting.
The Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification
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Unsafe food may sometimes only lead to mild acute symptoms but it can also cause chronic illness like cancers, or affect nutritional intake, according to experts.
A webinar was held discussing the burden of
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Ways to help measure and develop a food safety culture and apply it in practice have been published by an industry group.
The document was created by the food safety culture group of FoodDrinkEurope. It
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On June 6-9, the World Health Organization has scheduled a series of talks on food safety to increase awareness and encourage a variety of stakeholders to debate and discuss an array of topics on health
Continue Reading World Health Organization schedules food safety talks
Meat thermometer ownership is growing but raw and rare meat consumption is increasing, according to an Australian charity.
The Food Safety Information Council conducts consumer research to see how Australians are doing in certain areas
Continue Reading Meat safety and handwashing featured on an Australian report card