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AU: Recent changes to road rules
Vicroads: Road rule 213 – Making a vehicle secure. The rule was amended to allow a refrigerated food transport vehicle to be left running for the purpose of food safety.
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US: Hand washing can prevent the next Chipotle headline
NACS: Employees not washing their hands and handling food are among the highest concerns related to food safety for any convenience retail operation.
Read Article →US: Forget Yelp: Some of the best writing on the web is at IWasPoisoned.com
Mashable: The crowd-sourcing platform [iwaspoisoned.com], which was developed in 2015, has an actual socially conscious mission: to allow consumers to anonymously report food safety incidents. Consumers can research restaurants to determine if they have any past reports of food poisoning, then make their own determinations.
Read the full article at the Mashable website
FPSC Conference 2017: register now!
The 2017 conference with the theme Science + Culture = Safe Food will be held on Wednesday 9 August at the University of Sydney
Visit the conference website (fpsc2017.com) to register now and for further information.
NZ: Blockchain the transformer
New Zealand Herald: It’s vital that New Zealand’s agri industry pays close attention to blockchain development and ensures we are well positioned to capture our share of new value this technology could unlock.
Read the full article at the New Zealand Herald
SG: New Zealand’s national brand appeals to Asian markets
WARC: Exports from New Zealand to Singapore and other Asian markets have risen steadily over the past decade, leading a senior public relations executive to believe it is New Zealand’s national brand itself that is driving much of the growth.
Read Article →US: Foodservice: Front lines of food safety require sacrifices
Food Safety News: With many foodservice jobs lacking paid sick leave, servers, kitchen workers and others are often left with the unpleasant choice of working under the radar while ill to make ends meet or staying home and losing money.
Read the full article at the Food Safety News website
AU: FAQs for food businesses
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Not sure who does what in regards to recalling food? FSANZ has produced a list of FAQs to help food businesses before and during a recall. These FAQs cover everything from developing a recall plan, to notifying customers.
Read the full fact sheet at the FSANZ website
US: Maryland confirms papayas contaminated with Salmonella
Food Safety News: The Maryland Department of Health is warning consumers to not eat Caribeña’s brand yellow Maradol papayas because they could be contaminated with salmonella bacteria. The health department’s Laboratories Administration tested five yellow Maradol papayas, collected from a Baltimore retail location, as part of the ongoing Salmonella investigation. Three of the five yellow papayas tested were confirmed to be contaminated with Salmonella.
Read Article →AU: An end to counterfeit foods, drinks and medicines
Food Processing: Every year, counterfeit and pirated goods globally cost nearly US$0.5 trillion in lost revenue. This isn’t small bikkies — and the food and beverage industry is far from immune. A team from Lancaster University and spin-out company Quantum Base has patented an optical technology that can read [irregularities found in 2D materials like graphene] using a smartphone app and so enable people to check the authenticity of products.
Read the full article at the Food Processing website