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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.
Read the full story at the ABC News website
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.
Read the full article at the FreshPlaza website
Fraudulently labeled “Japanese” melons found across Asia
FreshPlaza: Asian food manufacturers have been tapping into growing demand for Japanese products by mislabeling local goods to make them appear authentic. A survey of products sold in six Asian cities by Japan’s Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry found 927 items confirmed as being falsely labelled as being Japanese.
Read Article →CN: Canadian grocers use app to promote surplus food about to expire
Food Dive: Two Ontario grocers, Longo’s and Farm Boy, are using the Flashfood app to notify customers when food nearing its “best before” date goes on sale, according to Progressive Grocer. Users can pay for the food through the app, then pick it up that same day in-store.
Read the full story at the Food Dive website
AU: Food safety needs to be part of business culture
Good Fruit and Vegetables: Food safety expert, Lone Jespersen, says the Australian horticulture industry needs to move beyond the clichéd line that “food safety is everybody’s responsibility”. Instead, the principal of Cultivate – an organisation which helps food manufacturers make safe food through cultural effectiveness – encouraged the supply chain to embrace food safety as a front-of-mind management factor.
Read the full article at the Good Fruit and Vegetables website
AU: Frozen berries – Westerway Raspberry Farm fills growing demand
The Weekly Times: To meet growing demand family-run Westerway Raspberry Farm in the Derwent Valley this season produced about 30,000 packs of quick-frozen raspberries[…]
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US: BrightFarms recalls leafy greens, herbs because of metal pieces
Food Safety News: Urban greenhouse grower BrightFarms Inc. of New York City is recalling an undisclosed volume of packaged salad greens and herbs because they may be contaminated with pieces of metal “as a result of construction.â€
Read the full article at the Food Safety News website
Read Article →UK: Food and beverages: fighting counterfeits worldwide
World Trademark Review: “Fake and dangerous food and drink threaten the health and safety of people around the world who are often unsuspectingly buying these potentially very dangerous goods.â€
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AU: Australians feed Singapore’s appetite for brocoli
The Australian: President George W. Bush famously hated it but it seems most of the world can’t get enough broccoli. Particularly affluent consumers in Singapore [..] rushing to buy Australian-grown fresh fruit and vegetables rather than cheaper product mainly from China, where proper chemical use and food safety are hard to guarantee.
Read the full article by Sue Neales at The Australian
Read Article →US: United States and Australia: comparable food safety systems
Lexology.com: On April 19, 2017, [the U.S. Food and Drug Administration] FDA announced that both the United States and Australia have recognized each other’s food safety systems as comparable to each other.
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