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US: Scientists may be able to test food safety with a smartphone
Food and Wine: To test whether food contains the harmful bacteria E. coli, scientists place samples of the questionable sustenance in culture dishes to see if germ-filled colonies form. They wait for days—two or three, to be exact—to know whether the food is safe to eat, or whether it should be pulled from shelves. But new technology could speed up the food-safety testing process to mere moments, according to research from MIT.
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AU/NZ: Technology taking on food counterfeiters
Shepparton News: As China’s middle class develops a taste for imported food and drink, produce suppliers in Australia and New Zealand are looking to anti-counterfeiting technology to protect their growing business from counterfeit foods.
Read Article →NZ: Auckland typhoid outbreak – 10 April update
arphs.govt.nz: As at 10 April 2017, the number of cases of typhoid in Auckland remains unchanged for the fourth consecutive day. There are 18 confirmed cases …
Read Article →US: Safe Quality Food Institute maintains vigilance of the food supply, launches edition 8
SQF Institute: The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a global leader in third-party food safety and quality certification, announces the release of SQFI program edition 8, which addresses all areas of the food industry – from primary production through the supply chain to consumers’ hands at their grocery store.
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US: Consumers claim dead bat found in recalled Fresh Express salad mix
Food Safety News: The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late Saturday said it had received a dead bat from a consumer who claimed it was found in a packaged salad mix …
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US: Does your food safety auditor have the right stuff?
Heena Patel / SCS Global:Â It goes without saying that the best food safety auditors are those with lots of experience in the field. Experienced auditors take an early read on whether senior management treats the audit seriously…
Read Article →AU: Getting food into the US — understanding and applying USFDA Foreign Supplier Verification Program rules
Food Processing: As the USFDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules go into effect, one area of particular concern to foreign firms is the Foreign Supplier Verification Program for Food Importers (FSVP Rule). Under this rule, US food importers are now responsible for assuring that the food they import into the US complies with FDA requirements.
Read Article →DE: GLOBALG.A.P. announces new crops for processing standard
GLOBALG.A.P.: GLOBALG.A.P. is proud to announce the new Crops for Processing Standard (CfP). This is a standard similar to GLOBALG.A.P.’s long-established Integrated Farm Assurance Standard (IFA), but it will apply to crops that are grown to be used for further processing, as opposed to crops that will be sold whole and fresh.
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NZ: New Zealand fruit and vegetable industry collaborate on food safety
Last month QA and technical staff from New Zealand horticultural businesses met up to work on improving the value businesses can achieve from chemical and microbial verification testing of fruit and veg.
Presenters from Countdown, the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI), AsureQuality and the Fresh Produce Safety Centre Australia & New Zealand (FPSC) ensured a wide variety of perspectives.
Read Article →CA: What are the key elements required to establish a food safety culture?
Global Food Safety Resource: GFSR is pleased to have had a recent opportunity to interview renowned food safety expert Frank Yiannas, who, as many of us know, is currently serving as Vice President of Food Safety at Walmart.
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