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Number of Australian recalls in 2020 tops three figures

By News Desk on April 2, 2021

The number of food recalls in Australia climbed back above 100 in 2020 according to data published by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ).

Figures show there were 109 recalls this past year compared to…
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Food chain role considered in WHO’s COVID-19 origin report

By News Desk on April 1, 2021

Introduction of the novel coronavirus through food chain products has been judged a possible pathway, according to a report on how COVID-19 spread to humans.

A group of international scientists assembled by the World Health…
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Children sick in Irish E. coli outbreak

By News Desk on April 1, 2021

Public health officials in Ireland are searching for the source of an E. coli O26 outbreak in part of the country.

The Department of Public Health Mid-West of the Health Service Executive (HSE) is investigating…
Continue Reading Children sick in Irish E. coli outbreak

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Mondelez CEO shares challenges of dealing with COVID-19

By Joe Whitworth on March 31, 2021

The CEO of Mondelēz has described how the company is handling the many challenges faced during the coronavirus pandemic.

Dirk Van de Put, chairman and CEO of Mondelēz International, said the biggest issue at the…
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Frozen spinach linked to as many as 100 illnesses in Slovakia; recall underway

By News Desk on March 31, 2021

Deep frozen spinach puree has been linked to a foodborne outbreak in Slovakia.

Authorities have not said how many people were affected by tropane alkaloid poisoning but figures in local media vary from a dozen…
Continue Reading Frozen spinach linked to as many as 100 illnesses in Slovakia; recall underway

North Carolina’s Joe Reardon named as NASDA’s food safety director

By News Desk on March 31, 2021

The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has named Joe Reardon as director of food safety programs.

Reardon will lead NASDA’s cooperative agreements and activities with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, working to

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IFST opens food safety contest; GHI proposes Food Safety Professional plan

By Joe Whitworth on March 30, 2021

A professional body for those in food science and technology wants to hear from food safety specialists about their work during the past year.

The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) is looking for…
Continue Reading IFST opens food safety contest; GHI proposes Food Safety Professional plan

Import alert modifications include fish, cheese, produce and more

By News Desk on March 30, 2021

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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Woman dies in Vietnam after botulism poisoning; others fall ill

By News Desk on March 30, 2021

A woman has died and botulism poisoning is suspected in five other people in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Food Administration reported it had been informed of three patients in the city of Thuận An, in Bình…
Continue Reading Woman dies in Vietnam after botulism poisoning; others fall ill

CFIA says Clostridium botulinum leads to smoked trout recall

By News Desk on March 28, 2021

North Shore Specialty Foods of Ontario over the weekend recalled smoked trout products that may contain Microbiological – Clostridium botulinum. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products, but it…
Continue Reading CFIA says Clostridium botulinum leads to smoked trout recall

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