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NZ: One year since the launch of the NZFSSRC.
NZFSSRC: It is now one year since the launch of the New Zealand Food Safety Science & Research Centre. Welcome to our first e-newsletter, celebrating the work of NZFSSRC researchers, and profiling some of the current and planned work of the Centre.
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A-NZ: Simplot seeks to sell GM potato products in New Zealand and Australia
FreshPlaza: JR Simplot has applied to FSANZ for approval to export genetically modified potato products into Australia and New Zealand. It is unclear what type of products this pertains to. Simplot is not asking to export GM potato tubers, because no tubers of any sort can be exported to (Australia or) New Zealand.
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NZ: Internet of things tech could grant huge advantages to NZ agriculture
FreshPlaza: A new research study has identified agri-business as one of the best opportunities to use the internet of things (IoT) for economic advantage in New Zealand, mainly because of the contribution that agriculture already makes to the Kiwi economy.
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CN: National children’s food safety campaign launched in Beijing
Women of China: A national campaign to promote children’s food safety awareness was launched on July 1 in a community in the Xicheng District of Beijing. The event aimed at improving public access to information on both food safety and nutrition.
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A-NZ: Nanoparticles and infant formula
FSANZ: A recent report commissioned by Friends of the Earth claimed that nanoscale particles were detected in some infant formula products available for sale in Australia and New Zealand. FSANZ has reviewed…
Read Article →CN: Breaking damaging rumors around food safety in China
China Daily: Chen Junshi, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a prominent food safety expert, has said rumors about food safety causes anxiety in the general public, and stated rumors could sometimes cause heavy industrial losses and should be checked.
Read the full article at the China Daily website
AU: Here’s a blockchain explanation your parents could understand
Australian Financial Review: The problem with most blockchain “explainers” is that they provide more detail than what matters to most people, using language that is foreign to most people, which winds up leaving people more confused than when they started.
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AU: Does the five-second rule actually work?
News Limited: ABC’s Dr. Karl says that the ‘five-second rule’ is a dirty myth, and it is not okay to eat food that you’ve dropped on the floor.
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Read Article →US: Walmart: Blockchain tech a boon for food safety
Supermarket News: Wal-Mart Stores on Thursday revealed encouraging results of a test of blockchain technology to aid food traceability and safety, demonstrating it could cut the time involved in tracing the journey of food products from the farm to its shelves from nearly a week to less than three seconds.
Read Article →AU: Call for submissions on changes to maximum residue limits
FSANZ: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a proposal to amend maximum residue limits (MRLs) for certain agricultural and veterinary chemicals. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Mark Booth said the proposal aimed to harmonise limits in the Food Standards Code with limits used overseas.
Download the call for submissions at the FSANZ website. Reproduced with permission of Food Standards Australia New Zealand.