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AU: Allergen labelling
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Most food allergies are caused by peanuts, tree nuts, milk, eggs, sesame seeds, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat. The Food Standards Code requires these foods to be declared on labels whenever they are present as ingredients or as components of food additives or processing aids.
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AU: Food fraud: High roller of the crime scene
The Weekly Times: You know fake food is lucrative when the mobsters ditch drugs and weapons to traffic it. Consider this: PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates food fraud is worth $52 billion globally each year.
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AU: Frozen berries Hepatitis A Virus outbreak fact sheet (2017)
An outbreak of foodborne illness attributed to hepatitis A virus (HAV) has taken place in Australia. At least four people have become infected. The source of the outbreak is 300 gram packs of Creative Gourmet Frozen Mixed Berries with a best-before date of 15 January 2021. This product was recalled nationally on 2nd June 2017 as a precaution.
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AU: Recall of frozen mixed berries product
​Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today alerted consumers to a food recall of a frozen mixed berries product that is potentially linked to three hepatitis A cases.
Read Article →NZ: Food labelling sparks debate in Parliament
FreshPlaza: A fight nearly broke out in Parliament today over mandarins. On one side was Labour Party MP Damien O’Connor, saying that shoppers were being lied to about where their fruit came from. On the other was powerful Food and Grocery Council head, Katherine Rich, who is strongly against making it compulsory for companies to say where their food is from.
Read Article →AU: Survey finds high pesticide compliance rates for AU apples and pears
FreshPlaza: Results from the latest National Residue Survey for apples and pears have found a high compliance in the industry. The overall compliance rate in 2015-16 was 97.9 per cent for apples, up on 95.9 per cent in comparison with the previous year and 95.7 per cent for pears, which was slightly down in comparison with the previous year, which was 97.8 per cent.
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AU: Nominate now for the HARPS Technical Advisory Group (H-TAG)!
The Harmonised Australian Retailer Produce Scheme has been available for ALDI, Coles, Costco, Metcash/IGA and Woolworths direct suppliers of whole fruit, whole vegetables and nut-in-shell since last October 2016, with over 230 suppliers already certified.
HARPS is managed by a Stakeholder Working Group (SWG) comprising representatives of all the retailers and a project team. The SWG considers that it is now time to broaden the input into the development of HARPS […]
Read Article →TW: “OwlChain” Launched as the World’s First Food Blockchain Provenance System
PR Newswire: OwlTing, a leading e-commerce platform for safe food products that connects fine-quality food vendors and reputable local farmers in Taiwan, has successfully integrated Blockchain technologies into its supply chain infrastructure. The company today announced OwlChain, the world’s first Ethereum-based food provenance system.
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AU: Australian olive oil producers use QR codes to reassure Chinese of authenticity
ABC News: Chinese consumers of specially marked Australian Olive Oil will soon be able to scan a label on the bottle to confirm its authenticity and meet the producer via a personalised video. Proponents of the international marketing tool, called Australian Authentic, anticipate the approach will double the return to Australian growers.
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NL: Test fresh produce’s nitrate content and Geiger radiation at home
FreshPlaza: A new step in food safety. Chinese website Alibaba offers food counters that immediately measure the amount of nitrate in your fresh produce, and knows whether your food has been exposed to radioactive radiation. For approximately 100 dollar, you can own Greentest, the Portable High Quality Accuracy Food Detector.
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