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NZ: MPI encourages businesses to enter this year’s NZ Food Awards
New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI):Â The Ministry for Primary Industries is encouraging the food and primary sector to enter two awards they are sponsoring in this year’s NZ Food Awards.
Read Article →UK: Most Chinese ‘fake news’ stories involve food safety
Food Navigator: Most fake news stories in China concern food safety, according to a online verification team set up by Tencent.
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US: Would you like a side of IoT with your meal?
Partech: What is the Internet of Things (IoT) and how does it relate to Food Safety? The Internet of Things, or IoT as its commonly called, is the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data.
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UAE bans import of vegetables, fruits from select countries
Gulf News: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) issued an advisory noting that it has “banned imports of certain vegetables and fruits from select countries with effect from May 15, 2017 as those products have been found to contain pesticide residues in excess of permissible limits”.
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AU: Poisonous mushrooms growing in Melbourne
Department of Health and human Services: Death Cap mushrooms (Amanita phalloides) are highly poisonous. Consuming just one mushroom can kill an adult. Symptoms of poisoning by Death Cap mushrooms can include violent stomach pains, nausea, vomiting and diarrhoea.
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Read Article →AU: Asian produce wholesaler CQV and its directors fined for food safety breaches
Herald Sun: An Asian grocery wholesaler in Rowville and two of its directors have been convicted and fined almost $40,000 for breaches of the Food Act. CQV and directors Anil and Mukesh Sharma have been added to the State Government’s register of convictions website after being found guilty in Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on February 16. Each was charged with[…]
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AU: Are you more likely to be killed by a shark or food poisoning in Australia?
Food Safety Information Council: Far more people die in Australia each year due to food poisoning than from shark attacks (86 food poisoning deaths a year compared with 13 fatal shark attacks between 2012 and 2016). That’s not to mention the estimated annual 4.1 million cases of food poisoning, 31,920 hospitalisations, 1 million visits to doctors, 300,000 prescriptions for antibiotics and 2.1 million days of lost work.
Read Article →IN: Food traceability & blockchain among top four quality assurance trends
Food And Beverage News: Food supply chains across the world have become more complex and form a widely-spread network. The swift movement of food within this network has called for set systems in place for proper tracking and food safety monitoring methods to ensure a compliance with quality standards.
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US: Mango study looks at pathogen control
The Packer: A study funded by the Center for Produce Safety is evaluating factors that influence the introduction of foodborne pathogens on mangoes throughout the production chain.
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Read Article →NZ: Fresh produce an emerging food safety challenge
Lincoln University: Professor of Toxicology, Ravi Gooneratne, says contamination of fresh produce is emerging as a major food safety challenge. Recently, several listeriosis outbreaks have been linked to fresh produce contamination around the world. Additionally, studies have detected L. monocytogenes in fresh produce samples and even in some minimally processed vegetables.
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