Posts from the "Latest News" category
AU: What is Food Allergy Week?
Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia: Food Allergy Week (FAW) aims to raise awareness of food allergy including potentially fatal food allergies. Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) is calling on all Australians to unite during Food Allergy Week from 13-19 May 2018, and for individuals to Be Aware. Show You Care.
Read Article →AU: Food safety: are the sniff test, the five-second rule and rare burgers safe?
The Conversation: There are many rules in food safety lore, some that have a basis in fact, and some that are purely grounded in convenience. But it’s important to look at the evidence to see which category common rules fall under.
Read Article →US: Almost 1 in 3 are fatalities in South Africa’s listeriosis outbreak
Food Safety News: The deadly South African listeriosis outbreak now has a stunning 28.6 percent fatality rate, according to the latest report by the National Listeria Incident Management Team (IMT). The new IMT report says 200 of 1,024 confirmed cases of Listeria resulted in the deaths of the victims. The outbreak is slowing down, but it’s not over.
Read Article →US: Why We Can’t Find Answers In The Romaine Crisis
South East Produce Weekly: As the E. coli outbreak connected to romaine lettuce from Yuma, AZ turned deadly this week, everyone in the produce industry has questions: How did this happen? Why can’t the source be isolated? And how can we keep it from happening again? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says a paperwork tangle is slowing down the investigation.
Read Article →
US: One dead in E. coli outbreak; source of romaine still a mystery
Photo: Mercedes / Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)
Food Safety News: One person has died in the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. There are now 121 confirmed cases across 25 states. Investigators continue to look for the source of the implicated romaine, as well as how it became contaminated.
Read the full story at the Food Safety News website
US: More food producers exempt from FSMA under Tester-Hagen
Food Safety News: Eight years after the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was passed by Congress, the Tester-Hagan amendment is coming into focus. It is a loophole that keeps on growing for an exemption that may never quit.
Read the full article at foodsafetynews.com
NZ: New device could help control disease outbreaks
Scoop: A “game-changing” piece of technology for quickly identifying harmful strains of bacteria in food has just become available in New Zealand, thanks to a partnership between a Lincoln University taxonomy expert and two US senior food safety researchers. The scanner is designed to better identify disease outbreaks by providing a “specific fingerprint” of bacteria cultured on a standard agar media plate.
Read Article →AU: Organic growth: Australian industry tops $2.4bn with exports to China and Japan skyrocketing
Foodnavigator-Asia: The Australian organic industry has been ‘conservatively’ estimated to stand at $2.4bn this year, an 88% increase from 2012, with exports to Asia – most notably China and Japan – enjoying strong growth.
Read Article →NZ: MPI’s new business units launched
Voxy: The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) established 3 new business units yesterday – Biosecurity New Zealand, Fisheries New Zealand and New Zealand Food Safety. The new business units provide increased focus on some of MPI’s core responsibilities and align structure to Ministerial portfolios.
Read Article →AU: Reminder – check your freezer for recalled pomegranate product
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today reminded consumers who may have purchased 180gm Creative Gourmet frozen pomegranate product from Coles to destroy any remaining product or return it for a refund. “We want to ensure all consumers who may have this product are aware of the possible link between the product and hepatitis A,” FSANZ CEO Mark Booth said today.
Read Article →