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CA: Root Cause Analysis: Saving on Food Safety

Global Food Safety Resource: What do you think of when you hear the words “root cause analysis?” Many people envision a painstaking, tedious process that tries to discover the true reason a process failed. Who wants to do that?! The quick approach is to just point a finger and blame the employee.

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AU: New food labelling laws clear parliament in response to berry outbreak

Fresh Plaza: The Parliament in Australia has passed new food labelling laws in response to a case where more than 30 people across Australia contracted hepatitis in 2015 after consuming the same brand of frozen berries. The new labelling laws look to increase awareness for consumers allowing them to see more about their food and where it comes from.

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DE: New app checks fruit and vegetables for chemical residues

Fresh Plaza: The ability to check an apple for chemical residues with a smart phone will soon be possible.

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US: Walmart adopts blockchain technology

Progressive Grocer: Blockchain is essentially a digital ledger system that lets all parties involved in business – including growers, distributors and retailers in the grocery industry – record their transactions securely in the cloud. Walmart is interested in seeing how the technology could improve the safety and security of fresh food in its supply chain.

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IFPS Launches Mobile App for PLU Codes

International Federation for Produce Standards: With over 1,400 price look-up codes (PLUs) now in use around the globe, the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS) has launched a user-friendly app to help users from across the supply chain to source PLUs.

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US: How safe is your salad?

azcentral: [A] drop of blood, a piece of trash, a trace of animal feces can halt the harvest. A cut hand, a missing blade, an animal print in the dirt can result in either the loss of a crop in a section of ground or a whole field. All in the name of food safety.

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US: Targeting bacterial pathogens in cold storage with ozone

Good Fruit Grower: Much is still unknown about contamination risks from pathogens in fruit packing warehouses. Researchers across the country are working to learn more about the survivability of specific pathogens on different surfaces and how warehouses can improve processes to address the problem.

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AU: Selling Fruit and Vegetables

National Measurement Institute: If you are buying or selling fruit and vegetables by measurement, you need to know about Australia’s trade measurement laws.

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VN: Message of the Ambassador of New Zealand

Viet Nam News: To celebrate New Zealand’s National Day (Waitangi Day), the country’s Ambassador to Việt Nam Wendy Matthews has written a letter praising the growing links of travel, trade and culture between the two nations.
The people of Việt Nam increasingly demand high quality food that tastes great, is nutritious, and is safely produced. New Zealand provides just that, through its trade with Việt Nam.

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US: Encourage Employees to Find Listeria

Food Safety Tech: Building the right food safety culture around environmental monitoring requires a realistic approach to your processes. “Culture starts with understanding your process,” Zephyr Wilson, product manager at Roka Bioscience told Food Safety Tech at the 2016 Food Safety Consortium. “You need to ask questions—a lot of questions.”

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