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AU: Apples that don’t go brown now available in US supermarkets
CSIRO: This month, a special kind of sliced apple will go on sale at select US supermarkets, and thanks to CSIRO research these apples won’t turn brown when they’re cut, bitten or bruised.
Read the full article at the CSIRO website
Mann Packing recalls minimally processed vegetable products because of possible health risk
fda.gov: Mann Packing of Salinas, California is voluntarily recalling minimally processed vegetable products listed below because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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Organic tarragon recalled because of possible Salmonella
Kelsey M. Mackin / Food Safety News: Organic Spices Inc., doing business as Spicely Organics, is recalling Organic Tarragon because of possible Salmonella contamination.
Read Article →US: Food safety for the 21st century
Stephanie Neil / Automation World: Farmers and manufacturers are turning to automation for prevention-based control throughout the supply chain. The technology will help them comply with the looming deadlines of the Food Safety Modernization Act. On a little farm in Peterborough, N.H., students are using advanced sensor instrumentation in a greenhouse growing tomatoes to collect valuable data around the taste and quality of the fruit.
Read the full article at automationworld.com
US: FDA says more research needed on Listeria presence on ready to eat produce
Tom Karst / The Packer: Both industry food safety leaders and Food and Drug Administration produce safety staff say more research is needed on the levels of Listeria monocytogenes found naturally occurring on ready to eat produce coming into packinghouses.
Read the full article at thepacker.com
US: Caution: increase in outbreaks ahead
Quality Assurance & Food Safety Magazine: If a tree falls in the woods when no one is around, does it still make a sound? A similar question can be asked of foodborne illness: if a food makes someone sick but it isn’t diagnosed or isn’t attributed to a food, does it still count?
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MX: Mexican papaya exports rise despite food safety scare
Fresh Fruit Portal: Could it be that consumers now have more faith in foodborne illness traceability, or would volumes have been greater still in the absence of this year’s Maradol papaya-related salmonella outbreak?
Read Article →AU: Dragon fruit imports from Vietnam begin despite farmers’ concern
ABC News: Australia has imported dragon fruit from Vietnam for the first time despite food health concern from local growers. "Other concerns that our growers raised earlier were things that aren’t covered by biosecurity but are more of a food safety issue, like chemical residue."
Read Article →AU: APVMA tests come back positive
Farming Ahead: In August this year the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) handed out the largest fines in its history to companies for herbicides that contained chemicals other than those listed.
Read the full article at farmingahead.com.au
AU: FSANZ finds risk from migration of packaging chemicals to food is low
FSANZ: Food Standards Australia New Zealand today announced the conclusion of a three-year project looking at the risk of chemicals migrating from packaging into food and has determined that the chemicals investigated are not a concern for human health.
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