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Horticulturists join the DPI to to maximise the quality and safety of NSW fruit and vegetables available to consumers.
Western Magazine: “Two new research horticulturists have been appointed to the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) to maximise the quality and safety of NSW fruit and vegetables available to consumers.
Dr Sukhvinder Pal Singh and Dr Roberto Marques will broaden the scope of the DPI post-harvest research team based at the Central Coast Primary Industries Centre, Ourimbah near Gosford.”
Click here to read the full article in Western Magazine.
Food safety standards for Australia and New Zealand
Food safety standards place obligations on Australian and New Zealand food businesses to produce food that is safe and suitable to eat. There are also health and hygiene obligations for food handlers. The standards aim to lower the incidence of food-borne illness.
A food business is any business or activity that involves the handling of any type of food for sale, or the sale of food in Australia. The requirements apply to all commercial, charitable or community activities including ‘once-only’ projects that involve the handling or sale of food.
Food businesses in New Zealand are required to comply with New Zealand’s Food Act 1981 and the regulations and standards under this Act. For more information visit the Ministry for Primary Industries website.
Source: http://www.foodstandards.gov.au
Australian Food Safety Week 2014 update and quiz
There is a lot going on during Food Safety Week 9 to 16 November:
Test your knowledge with our online Food Safety in the Home Quiz and check your answers and learn more here.
Watch us on Channel 7’s Daily Edition program
The NSW Food Authority has a media release out.
Click here to read the full update from the Food Safety Information Council.
Food Safety Arrangement signed with Indonesia
NZ Govt: [New Zealand] Food Safety Minister Jo Goodhew has today welcomed the signing of a Food Safety Arrangement between New Zealand and Indonesia.
“Signing of the Food Safety Arrangement demonstrates the commitment of New Zealand and Indonesia to further develop our bilateral relationship,” says Mrs Goodhew, who met with Indonesian delegates earlier today.
“The areas of cooperation range from food safety risk assessments through to formal post graduate education programmes in food safety and technology.”
Click here to read the full article on Scoop.co.nz.
NZ: No traces of the food poisoning bug Yersinia was found in Foodstuffs Living Foods property and processing plant.
NZ Herald: “Foodstuffs has released the results of testing carried out at the location where its pre-packaged Pams lettuce is grown and packed.
The results showed no Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was detected in any samples/”
To read the full article in The New Zealand Herald, please click here.
New agreement aims to improve food safety in China
Voxy: “New Zealand Government owned AsureQuality and PwC’s New Zealand and China firms are cooperating with COFCO, China’s largest agricultural and food products supplier, to continually improve China’s food safety and quality. All four parties signed a cooperation agreement to that effect on the side-lines of the 2014 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit…”
Read the full article on voxy.co.nz.
Europe’s Three Hepatitis A Outbreaks in 2013: What Can We Learn?
James Andrews writes: “In the first half of 2013, Europe dealt with three simultaneous outbreaks from the hepatitis A virus. Knowing that at least two of those outbreaks were connected to frozen berries, Europe’s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control set out to describe what could be learned from those outbreaks in an article published in Eurosurveillance.”
Read the full article on the Food Safety News website.
Image credit: Mark_K_ / Flickr, CC BY 2.0
NSW Food Authority serves up food safety in Blacktown
Food safety will be on the menu when the NSW Food Authority brings the NSW Food Regulation Partnership retail meeting to Blacktown next week.
NSW Food Authority CEO Polly Bennett said the meeting is one of a series of regular consultation events the NSW Food Authority holds across the state, and an opportunity for local food businesses to learn how best to capitalise on their excellent reputation.
Read the full article on the NSW Food Authority website.
USA Tomato Growers Lose ‘Takings’ Lawsuit Against FDA
Dan Flynn writes: “Tomato growers, packers, and shippers in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have lost the claim they made for federal reimbursement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mistakenly named certain tomatoes as the likely cause of a Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak that later turned out to be caused by Mexican-grown jalapeño and serrano peppers.”
Read the full article at the food safety news website.
Taylor Farms receives food safety award at SQFIC
Western Farm Press: “Taylor Farms, North America’s largest producer of value-added produce to the foodservice industry, received the SQF Primary Producer of the Year award in food safety during the Safe Quality Food International Conference in Orlando, Fla.
The SQF Quality Achievement Awards Program pays tribute to the outstanding commitment, support, and performance of individuals and organizations who embrace the SQFI and its rigorous certification process.”
Read the full article at the Western Farm Press website.