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CA: Protect your brand from food fraud
Global Food Safety Resource: The global economic value of counterfeiting and piracy is estimated to reach $2.3 trillion by 2022, and account for the loss of 5 million jobs.
Read Article →US: China’s food safety plan includes alignment with international standards
World Grain: China has outlined steps it plans to take to ensure food safety, including aligning its standards with international standards and launching a risk alert system, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) said in a March report.
Read Article →US: Why companies should do internal audits during off hours
Food Engineering: Third-party auditors rarely come into food plants during night shifts, which really is a mistake, as this is when many conduct cleanup.
Read Article →NZ: Could barcodes be a thing of the past?
Fresh Plaza: Dataphyll is a start up company in New Zealand which has been developing a product for the horticultural industry called Binwise.
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AU: Mouldy food could be a thing of the past thanks to Murdoch University research
ABC News: Kirsty Bayliss from Murdoch University is using plasma and electrical currents to stop mould from taking hold on fresh food, bread, meats, grains, and even dairy products such as milk and cheese.
Read Article →EU: Protecting consumers from deception: EU Parliament backs tough food inspection regulations
Food Navigator: The EU Parliament has backed new regulations for tougher food inspections from farm to fork in a bid to qualm consumer worries of food fraud after the horse meat scandal in 2013.
Read Article →AU: Protecting Australians from unsafe food
Minister for Agriculture & Water Resources: “The Coalition Government is committed to keeping Australia’s borders strong and has set about amending the imported food laws, the changes include giving the government greater scope to hold food at the border if there are reasonable grounds to suspect food poses a serious risk to human health,†Minister Joyce said.
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UN: Good agricultural practices for bananas
Food and Agriculture Organisation: GAP are particularly important in the banana industry, not only for sustainability of production and minimization of environmental impact, but also to ensure that harvesting, packaging and transport activities are conducted in hygienic conditions in order to deliver safe and good quality fruit to consumers.
Read Article →US: Produce targeted by man spraying mouse poison
Food Safety Magazine: April 24, 2016, an alert employee at a Whole Foods Market in Ann Arbor, MI, noticed a young man spritz liquid from a small spray bottle onto food in the hot food bar.
Read Article →AU: AIFST Toolbox Talk: Microbiological criteria and testing in food safety management
AIFST: With microbiological criteria a key part of product specification, this AIFST toolbox talk is imperative for those working in the regulatory, manufacturing, quality assurance and research fields.
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