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AU: Using compost safely: A guide for the use of recycled organics in horticulture
Soil Wealth: This guide describes how fresh produce growers can use compost without affecting their food safety assurance program. Compost is a mixture of recycled organic materials that have been processed by natural organisms, breaking down the original materials into a usable form. Compost has many benefits for soil.
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US: Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat?
YouTube: Blemished food may be a stigma we should erase. Marks on produce scare shoppers into health concerns, but a lot of food may be harmless, and wasted for aesthetic reasons.
Read Article →NZ: New Zealand’s Parliament advances food safety reform bill
Food Safety News: Three years after a major botulism scare involving whey protein concentrate used in infant formula and other food products, New Zealand’s parliament has unanimously passed the first reading of the Food Safety Law Reform Bill.
Read Article →AU: Management of imported food safety risks
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Agriculture) is working with the Department of Health to improve how imported food safety risks are managed without imposing undue costs on importers and consumers, as well as our trading partners.
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US: Listeria prompts recall of fresh-cut vegetables in 9 states
Food Safety News: A Texas company is recalling 30,000 cases of fresh-cut vegetable products from eight retail chains — including Wal-Mart, QuikTrip and Publix — after a random sample tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
Read Article →US: Egypt investigates strawberry link to Hepatitis A cases in U.S
Food Safety News: Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture is investigating the possibility that strawberries being exported to the United States are contaminated with Hepatitis A. Virginia health officials suspect that 17 recent cases of Hepatitis A are linked to the Tropical Smooth Café, a smoothie chain that was using frozen strawberries from Egypt during the exposure timeframe.
Read Article →NZ: Is New Zealand food safe? A toxicologist’s view
University of Canterbury: In his upcoming UC Connect public talk, University of Canterbury Professor of Toxicology Ian Shaw will explore food from a toxicologist’s perspective and focus on chemical contaminants and natural toxins in food and try to answer the question, is New Zealand food safe?
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AU: “Foodborne diseases: changing epidemiology and disease control” research symposium
1 September 2016
Event co-hosted by the Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology – Public Health (CIDM-PH) and the Marie Bashir Institute (MBI)
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AU: Call for submissions on GM potato
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a potato that has been genetically modified to reduce both bruising and the amount of acrylamide formed during cooking. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said the potato had been modified by inserting genetic sequences from this potato and wild potato varieties.
Read Article →AU: Figures show Australia is food allergy capital of world
Food & Beverage Industry News: Australia has the highest level of food allergies in the world and Melbourne is the food allergy capital of the world, according to research. Two in every 100 Australian adults are affected by food allergies, while the figure rises to one in 10 for infants. The rates of these allergies in the western world has been rising for the past 20 years [..]
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