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US: Fresh, cored pineapple recalled for possible Listeria risk

Food Safety News: A grocery chain in the Twin Cities area is recalling fresh-cut, cored pineapple that an unnamed supplier has recalled because of potential contamination with Listeria.

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AU: Avocado seed extract can limit Listeria growth

Food Safety Magazine: In the search for more natural food additives to keep foods safe and fresh, researchers have discovered that isolated compounds from avocado seed extracts could limit the growth of Listeria bacteria

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AU: At a glance – What is food safety culture all about?

Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Food safety culture in an organisation is how everyone (owners, managers, employees) thinks and acts in their job to make sure that the food they make or serve is safe.

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US: UC Davis launches produce fact sheets app

UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center: As a global resource, the UC Postharvest Technology Center website is visited over 3 million times a year and contains more than 660 pages and 750 documents with postharvest information and related resources.

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US: Industry takes stock on food safety, PTI [Produce Traceability Initiative]

The Packer: If there is a “Holy Grail” of produce safety, it is a kill step that would remove any threat of pathogens on fresh produce.

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NZ: Traceability key for China trade

Stuff Business Day: In short, New Zealand producers and exporters need to get really serious about the “T” word. Traceability in its fullest sense: The capacity to track and trace every batch of a product (and perhaps every item in the batch) for rapid recall if needed, and to provide discerning consumers with all the answers about the product when it is on offer to them.
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US: Moving food safety culture beyond slogans

Food Safety Tech: “If you think about evolution and continuous improvement in food safety, it’s nothing new,” said Frank Yiannas, vice president of food safety at Walmart at the 2016 Food Safety Consortium.

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UK: New categorisation of food scares to help prevent food chain compromises

Foodmagazine: Researchers from the University of Surrey have developed a new comprehensive categorisation of food scares, a new study in the British Food Journal reports.

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AU: Alibaba signs MoU with GS1 Australia

Fruitnet.com: Online trade between Australia and China is set to be boosted through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between e-commerce giant Alibaba and supply chain service provider GS1 Australia.

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JP: Government to subsidize farmers’ costly food safety certification efforts ahead of 2020 Games

The Japan Times: The government will use subsidies to help farmers acquire the food safety certificates needed to participate in feeding Olympic athletes at the 2020 Games.

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