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AU: Monitoring food safety practices in retail food businesses
Audit Office of NSW: New South Wales has a lower rate of foodborne illness than the national average. This reflects some good practices in the NSW Food Authority’s approach to monitoring food safety standards.
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US: PMA, United Fresh establish Listeria working group
Progressive Grocer: Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) are collaborating to address produce-specific challenges surrounding Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).
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AU: ‘Raw and risky’ foods announced as theme for 20th Australian Food Safety Week 6 – 12 November 2016
Food Safety Information Council: The theme for the 20th Australian Food Safety Week, to be held from 6 to 12 November 2016, was announced today as ‘Raw and risky’ foods.
Council Chair, Rachelle Williams, said that we have seen 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.
US: In-store meals present more food safety challenges for retailers
Food Safety News: Not too many years ago, you couldn’t walk into a supermarket and expect to buy prepared, ready-to-eat foods. Now, however, it’s common to find sushi, tacos, hot dogs and more complex dishes being served up at delis, in buffet lines, and at sit-down restaurants inside well-known grocery retailers such as Costco, Wegmans, and Whole Foods.
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US: Supermarkets’ pre-prepared food boom raises safety concerns
WSJ / The Australian: Supermarkets in the US are starting to look a lot more like takeaway restaurants, but the explosion of prepared meals has brought new food safety issues that even leading chains are racing to manage.
Whole Foods Market, a trailblazer in the sale of fresh-cooked items, was recently forced to temporarily close one of its commercial kitchens producing fresh meals for stores.
UK: Red Tractor Week 2016
Red Tractor: Red Tractor is launching its biggest ever promotion designed to give food shoppers a taste of what it is like to live close to where their food comes from. The Red Tractor logo is a vital signpost for shoppers looking to buy quality UK food.
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CL: Chile rebuilding raspberry business with food safety strategy
Food Safety News: SANTIAGO, CHILE — Chile’s raspberry producers came in for some special attention during a conference for this country’s food exporters. All who were in attendance were provided with a glossy 20-page brochure just produced for raspberry farm workers.
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AU: Australian Farmers’ Markets Association publish new Food Safety Guide
The Weekly Times: The Australian Farmers’ Markets Association has published a new Food Safety Guide for Farmers’ Markets in collaboration with Food Safety Australia New Zealand to help stallholders and managers understand their duty of care and comply with regulations.
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Food Safety Magazine: A new word has entered the lexicon of agrifood businesses: social license. Social license is described as the privilege of operating with minimal formalized restrictions (legislation, regulation or market requirements) based on building and maintaining public trust. Not a bad idea.
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NZ: Kiwifruit stalwart flying the organic flag
stuff.co.nz: You’d be hard-pressed to find someone more qualified to talk about kiwifruit than Doug Voss.
In addition to almost 40 years growing the fruit himself, he has held just about every senior position the kiwifruit industry offers, domestically and internationally.
In addition to almost 40 years growing the fruit himself, he has held just about every senior position the kiwifruit industry offers, domestically and internationally.
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