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AU: New qualification for food industry professionals
SAI Global: Available from 1 January 2016, the 10140NAT Diploma of Food Safety Quality Assurance Management is a unique, nationally recognised qualification specifically designed for professionals working with the food industry in Operations, Food Safety and Quality Assurance roles.
The new diploma was launched in response to a growing gap in the Food Processing Training Package qualifications for food industry quality and compliance professionals, and to help overcome a national skills shortage this is creating.
Read Article →US: All five convicted former Peanut Corporation of America managers now in federal custody
Food Safety News:Â All five people convicted in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case are now in federal custody.
Peanut butter and peanut paste from that PCA plant was contaminated with Salmonella, causing an outbreak in 2008-09 that sickened thousands of people and led to nine deaths.
Read Article →AU: Frozen berry sales slowly recovering, says Patties Foods
Fresh Fruit Portal: The head of a company embroiled in an Australian food safety scare earlier this year says frozen berry products are improving every week, although sales are still below comparative levels in 2014.
Patties Foods managing director Stephen Chaur told AAP while no direct link had actually been found between his group’s berry products and a Hepatitis A outbreak, the category was still “underperformingâ€.
Read Article →US: Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections linked to imported cucumbers
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:As of November 18, 2015, 838 people infected with the outbreak strains of Salmonella Poona have been reported from 38 [US] states. Among people for whom information is available, illnesses started on dates ranging from July 3, 2015 to November 1, 2015. Ill people range in age from less than 1 year to 99, with a median age of 18. Fifty-seven percent of ill people are female. Among 601 people with available information, 165 (27%) report being hospitalized. Four deaths have been reported.
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US: Technology Grabs Attention at Fresh Summit 2015
PMAtv: From the education sessions, to innovations on and off the show floor, produce and technology leaders teamed up at PMA’s Fresh Summit 2015 to tackle the industry’s top issues – including labor, pathogen detection and food waste.
Read Article →NZ: Businesses sweet and sour on food safety rules
Scoop.co.nz Food safety regulations are the biggest challenge but also a major source of competitive advantage for New Zealand’s food and beverage firms, according to research from ANZ.
The annual ANZ Privately Owned Business Barometer survey included 178 food and drinks firms and found an industry that was upbeat about the future, hungry for growth, showing the way in mobile technology and social media use, and collaborating to open export opportunities.
Read Article →US: FDA releases final FSMA Produce, FSVP and Third-Party Accreditation Rules
PMA: Today, Nov. 13, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published three final rules as part of implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Below you will find links to each rules’ fact sheet and more information from FDA.
- Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption (Produce Rule),
- Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP), and
- Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors/Certification Bodies to Conduct Food Safety Audits and to Issue Certifications (3rd-Party Accreditation).
AU: New food apps could see home cooks takeout takeaways
News.com.au: We could soon be bidding farewell to the fish and chip shop and saying ta-ta to the takeaway Thai if a plan to transform the way we eat, in the same way Uber has shaken up how we travel, takes off.
And, industry experts have warned that if restaurants don’t find a way to respond to the challenge they will be the losers as Australians turn to their next door neighbours for dinner rather than head out to the local takeaway.
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A-NZ: New Zealand and Tasmania join forces in agricultural research and education
Lincoln University: The agriculture and food sectors of Tasmania and New Zealand, which have much in common, are set to benefit from the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Lincoln University and the University of Tasmania. The MoU was signed as part of a three day Tasmanian Government-led delegation visit to Lincoln University.
The MoU formalises current research collaborations and paves the way for new research opportunities in dairy, vegetables, viticulture, apples, pasture production, and food safety and innovation.
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VN: VN, Australia share food safety concerns
Viet Nam News: Viet Nam’s Government considers food safety a key task for protecting 90 million Vietnamese and hundreds of millions of people who consume Vietnamese food around the world, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Duc Tam said yesterday.
Tam was speaking at a food safety forum with Vietnamese officials and enterprises and their Australian counterparts.
Australian Ambassador Hugh Borrowman said Australia’s diverse food and agriculture sector was underpinned by safety standards, systems and processes that ensured its food products and beverages were trusted by people all over the world.
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