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AU: Organisational resilience health check
Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department: How healthy is your organisation? Does it regularly monitor its own progress to build on strengths and address weaknesses?
Read Article →AU: ‘Raw and risky’ salads putting kids at greater risk of food poisoning in the playground
Herald Sun: Parents are being warned of the hidden dangers lurking in lunchboxes with healthier foods creating a breeding ground for bacteria.
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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.
Read Article →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
Read Article →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.
Read Article →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.
Read Article →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.
Read Article →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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