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AU: Who does what during a food recall?
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Did you know that FSANZ can’t order or force a food recall? Only Australian states and territories have enforcement powers to mandate, order or force a recall if necessary. See this handy visual which outlines the roles of food business, enforcement agencies and FSANZ during a food recall.
Read the full article at the Food Standards Australia New Zealand website
AU: Melon Industry welcomes positive response from consumers
FreshPlaza: Australian melon growers are buoyed by support from retailers, consumers and export markets.
Read Article →NZ: Putting trust in blockchain
NZ Herald: Kiwi companies are developing and using cutting-edge technologies to ensure their food products are trusted within a discerning Chinese market where millennials are extensively researching brands before making purchases.
Read the full article at the NZ Herald website
AU: Webinar series: Country of Origin Labelling
Department of Industry, Innovation & Science: This series of webinars provides small to medium businesses from the food and agribusiness sector with information on the government planned changes to mandatory origin labeling on food products to help businesses comply with the new requirements.
Read the full article at the Department of Industry, Innovation & Science website
AU: Listeria outbreak: Sixth person dies in NSW
ABC News:Â A woman in her nineties from New South Wales has become the sixth person to die from a Listeria outbreak linked to contaminated rockmelon.
Read Article →AU: Country of Origin labelling – how to get it right
Food & Beverage: Do you have a country of origin label on your food? Do you have “Made in Australia” or something similar on your packaging? Or is your food product imported? You need to be aware that as of 1 July 2016, new laws were introduced requiring a lot more information to be included on food packaging. There is a two-year transition period before the laws become mandatory.
Read the full article at the foodmag.com.au
AU: Foodporn helps researcher hungry for data to curb gastro disease Campylobacter
ABC News: A Darwin-based researcher with the University of Queensland is hoping that our culture of obsessive food documentation — foodporn — will eventually improve prevention of a widespread gastrointestinal disease.
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AU: Listeriosis outbreak linked to rockmelon
The NSW Food Authority is advising consumers who are most vulnerable to Listeria infection such as older persons, and people who have weakened immune systems due to illness or pregnancy, to avoid eating rockmelon after a recent spike in listeriosis cases in elderly people has been linked to the fruit.
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