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US: Can the FSMA improve safety of frozen berry production?
FPSC: Can the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provide a framework to improve practices and boost exports for Chilean raspberry producers?
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AU: Register now for Melbourne Markets Professional Development Event: Fresh Produce Testing for Food Safety
12 October 2016
The Fresh Produce Safety Centre is running a professional development event to improve understanding and utilisation of fresh produce testing for food safety.
DE: Bananas set for fresh-cut segment?
Fruitnet: A new shelf-life-boosting innovation from Germany’s Food Freshly should finally enable consumers to enjoy fresh-cut bananas minus the peel.
Bananas finally appear destined to join the fresh-cut segment on supermarket shelves thanks to a new shelf-life-extending treatment developed by German food preservation specialist Food Freshly.
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US: Florida tomato conference: unified safety audit close to reality
The Packer: Audit fatigue may be close to ending. Growers and packers participating in food safety training at the Florida Joint Tomato Conference heard some good news about the ending multiple audits.
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CA: Greenhouse innovations have drastically improved food safety
Jim Dimenna / Food Safety News: Food safety is a key pillar of the greenhouse operations for each grower. Any type of food safety risk impacts not only the grower operations, but our competitors, and most importantly, consumers.
Read Article →AU: Everything you need to know about food poisoning, tummy bugs and use-by dates
ABC News: We spoke to experts about food poisoning, tummy bugs, expiry dates and human tendency to hedge our food bets as part of National Science Week. Many bacteria that cause food poisoning already exist in the guts of animals or in raw food.
Read Article →AU: What does Pokemon Go mean for the supply chain of the future?
Sydney Morning Herald: It’s easy to dismiss Pokemon Go as an online fad without application to business. But it’s really the start of the augmented reality trend, which is set to shake up every industry and has particular application for distribution and supply chains.
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FR: ICT making food safety advances possible – FAO
Food Quality News: Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) are leading to improvements in food security and safety in Asia and the Pacific, according to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Read Article →UK: Public trusts farmers more than Government over food safety – survey
FG Insight: The British Social Attitudes survey, which gathered responses from more than 2,000 members of the public, found 58 per cent trusted farmers, 34 per cent trust supermarkets and just 33 per cent trusted the Government. More than 80 per cent said it mattered the food they bought was healthy and 58 per cent felt it was important farmers and growers were paid a fair price.
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Fresh Produce Safety Conference 2016 provides something for everyone
The Fresh Produce Safety Conference, Innovation in fresh food safety, held at the University of Sydney on 10 August once again proved the value to industry of this annual event.
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