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NZ: Food safety warning issued as warm weather approaches
News Hub: As Kiwis start to daydream about their summer vacations, a government department is warning the warm weather could be a recipe for food-related illnesses.
Read Article →EU: Europe wants to replace poisons with laser fences
Food Processing: The European Commission is moving towards the elimination of rodenticide use by funding a project to develop a laser fence to protect crops against unwanted animals.
Read Article →AU: Just one week to go until Australian Food Safety Week
Food Safety Information Council: The theme for the 20th Australian Food Safety Week, to be held from 6 to 12 November 2016, is ‘Raw and risky’ foods following major food poisoning outbreaks in recent years linked to risky raw foods such as unpasteurized milk, raw eggs, bean/seed sprouts, frozen berries and lettuce.
Read Article →AU: 2016 Food Safety Week: Mérieux NutriSciences webinars program
Merieux Nutrisciences: During this important week, we are organising a series of webinars to help people understand the food safety risks and control options.
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AU: $5000 fine for illegal agricultural chemical use
Agriculture Victoria: A Corio landscape gardener was recently convicted and fined $5000 in the Geelong Magistrates Court after a man was hospitalised with severe poisoning after drinking an agricultural chemical containing paraquat and diquat that had been decanted into a sports drink bottle.
Read Article →AU: New Salmonella superbug ‘significant threat to public health’
ABC News: Evidence of a highly drug-resistant salmonella superbug that could infect humans and livestock has been discovered in Australia for the first time, in a domestic animal.
Read Article →US: FDA bans frozen strawberries from Egyptian firm, cites Hep A
Food Safety News: Federal officials have red listed frozen strawberries from an Egyptian grower-shipper because of contamination with Hepatitis A, but they won’t say if the import ban is related to the ongoing outbreak linked to Tropical Smoothie Café locations.
Read Article →AU: Organic online business the second NSW supplier fined for selling toxic apricot kernels as food
ABC News: A Hunter Valley online organic shop has become the second New South Wales business to be fined hundreds of dollars for selling a food once touted as a cyanide-based cancer treatment.
Read Article →US: Center for Produce Safety awards 10 new research projects
Center for Produce Safety: The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) today announced 10 new research awards valued at over $2 million.
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AU/NZ: Compendium of microbiological criteria for food
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Microbiological testing can play an important role in food safety management providing the reason for testing is clear and the test applied is appropriate.
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