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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.
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.â€
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AU: Council tackles rodent infestation at Queen Victoria Market
The Age: Melbourne City Council says it is working closely with traders to combat “a number of incidents of rodent infestation” at Queen Victoria Market.
Read Article →AU: About the Cold Plasma Research Project
NSW Department of Primary Industries: To develop a decontamination technology based on cold plasma that can kill or inactivate food borne pathogens and rot-causing microbes on fresh produce.
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AU: Lychee identified as cause for mystery deadly childhood illness in India
ABC News: For more than two decades, apparently healthy children in the Indian region of Bihar suffered sudden seizures and lost consciousness. A third of them died, leaving doctors baffled. But a team of American and Indian scientists say they have found the cause of the mystery illness, which killed more than 100 children a year: eating too many lychees on an empty stomach.
Read Article →NZ: New Zealand legislations makes growing easier on niche farmers
FreshPlaza: A new law passed in New Zealand will allow farmers and growers to make quicker use of the latest technologies available on the global market.
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FPSC welcomes new crop of sponsors: T&G Global and Costa Group
The FPSC is pleased to announce two new Silver supporters for 2017, Costa Group and T&G Global. These commitments strengthen collaboration on the critical issue of food safety in the fresh produce industry and builds on the food safety culture in the region.
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CH: Food safety in a globalised world
Swiss Re: Has the number of recalls really increased? Is the severity of these recalls rising? How safe is food today in general? These were the questions we asked ourselves as far back as 2001, when the issue first appeared on our radar screen and we started working on it.
Read Article →UK: Nature & More replaces labels with laser mark
Fresh Produce Journal: Dutch organic supplier Nature & More has partnered with Swedish retailer ICA in a large-scale trial of laser-branded fresh produce.
Read Article →CA: Government proposes new food safety rules
Food in Canada: The proposed Safe Food for Canadians Regulations aim to better protect Canadian families by putting a greater emphasis on preventing food safety risks for all foods imported into Canada or sold across provinces.
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