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US: Researchers zap noro on fresh lettuce with blast of ionized gas

Food Safety News: When you put one of the toughest bugs on the planet in a match-up with some of the most delicate fresh foods, it doesn’t take a Vegas mathematician to figure the odds are against the food making it through a sterilization process undamaged.

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UK: Nanotechnology in the Monitoring of Microbial Food Safety

AzoNano: By reducing the particle size of silver to the nanolevel, this material exhibits an increased efficiency in its ability to control bacterial growth, while also improving its biocompatibility in mammalian systems.

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NZ: Deadlines for new food safety law coming up

Ministry for Primary Industries: The deadline for some businesses to register under the new Food Act is coming up. Businesses need to apply by 31 March.

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US: Juicing is healthy, but easily contaminated by pathogens

Food Safety News: So many fruits. So many veggies. So little time. That’s the dilemma that people who want to eat as healthy as possible face

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AU: Critical infrastructure resilience

Australian Government: Organisational resilience is critical for business to be able to respond to short term shocks—such as natural disasters or significant changes in market dynamics. This new website is an important source of information for Australian businesses and individuals, and features the Organisational Resilience HealthCheck—a free tool to help respondents identify their organisation’s resilience potential.

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AU/NZ: Freshcare Forum and Fresh Produce Safety Centre Conference back to back in 2017

This year’s FPSC Conference, with the theme science + culture = safe food, will be held on August 9 2017, in the Refectory at the University of Sydney.

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US: What do food facility auditors really want?

Food Safety Tech: Third-party audits are critically important to food companies.

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US: Trace One releases consumer confidence survey at the global food safety conference

Enhanced Online News: To give grocery retailers and manufacturers direct access to the voice of the consumer, Trace One recently conducted a survey to discover how shoppers feel about private label products.

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CN: Report finds safe food a key concern

ECNS: Chinese have serious concerns over the safety of food, environment and personal information, according a report released on Monday.

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SG: Building trust and capacity for safe food in Asia

Food Industry Asia: Building trust and capacity to ensure Asian consumers have access to safe food requires a concerted and collaborative approach from multiple stakeholders from the public and private sectors, civil society and inter-governmental organisations…

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