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AU: The tomato in your pasta tonight may be traced back to the ground where it was harvested
Business Insider: A tech company in rural Victoria has created an Internet of Things (IoT) system for Japanese food processing firm Kagome that allows a piece of vegetable to be tracked from the point it was harvested to the dinner plate.
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U.S.: Alliance for Food and Farming attacks publication of ‘Dirty dozen’ produce list
Fresh Fruit Portal: The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) has attacked the Environmental Working Group (EWG) for continuing to release its “Dirty Dozen†list, which is said to show which produce items that have the highest levels of pesticide residues.
Read Article →AU: Digital future for Aussie food industry
Produce Plus: The Australian government has granted A$50m over ten years to the Food Agility Cooperative Research Centre to improve Australia’s global agricultural competitiveness through digital transformation.
Read Article →NZ: Look side ways at food scare stories
Rural News: Food safety is in the news again in Europe after a media release from the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) in the EU in February. The release suggested that food safety authorities are under the influence of the food industry and are ignoring the potential for cumulative effects of “multiple chemicals in foodâ€.
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NZ: LeaderBrand recalls all salads for Listeria
LeaderBrand: On Thursday the 9th of March at 11am, LeaderBrand Produce Ltd. was advised that one of its salad product lines tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
Read Article →AU: Hoyt’s Food pays penalty for ‘oregano’ misrepresentation
Retail World: Hoyt Food Manufacturing Industries (Hoyt’s Food) has paid a penalty of $10,800 in response to the issue of an infringement notice from the ACCC, which found a sample of Hoyt’s Oregano Leaves Rubbed contained around 50 per cent olive leaf.
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US: Steam more effective at removing pathogens on cantaloupes
Outbreak News Today: Dike Ukuku and his colleagues at the ARS Food Safety and Intervention Technologies Unit in Wyndmoor has demonstrated that a relatively inexpensive steam cleaner designed to remove wallpaper and clean outdoor grills can rid cantaloupes of E. coli, Salmonella, and Listeria more effectively than existing washes and chlorine treatments.
Read Article →AU: Some Salmonella serotypes can permanently damage your DNA
Food Processing: While there are more than 2500 serotypes for Salmonella, the vast majority of foodborne illness is caused by fewer than 100 of them. The Center for Disease Control estimates that there are 1.2 million non-typhoidal Salmonella illnesses and about 450 deaths in the US annually, and there is no reason to assume that the statistics would be any better in Australia and New Zealand.
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AU: Fast testing system for E. coli and Listeria in leafy vegetables validated
Food Processing: Yarok, an innovation-based developer of fast, accurate tests for the fresh food Industry, has developed a testing system for the fast and accurate detection and count of E. coli and Listeria monocytogenes in leafy vegetables.
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NZ: The kitchen where 58 million plane meals are cooked every year
Stuff.co.nz: Strict food-safety rules are followed at every step. Each 24-hour cycle is broken into quarters and all food is colour coded to indicate when it’s made. At midnight every day, all fridges are cleared and a new cycle begins. Heating times, cooling times, blast freezing and fridge temperatures are meticulously controlled.
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