Contaminated salmon in two countries from different batches points to environmental contamination at the Polish factory, according to researchers looking at a listeriosis outbreak in Denmark.
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) conference failed to reach consensus on a number of issues but did put a focus on pesticide maximum residue levels (MRLs).
Policy experts have sounded a warning if the UK agrees a post-Brexit trade deal with the US, claiming chemical disinfectants used on American poultry pose a risk to consumers and workers.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is seeking participants for a new Technical Working Group (TWG) on Hygienic Design of Facilities and Equipment.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has terminated work of a committee that advised it on topics including emerging food safety and other food-related health issues.
Allianz has said it is seeing record levels of recall activity in size and cost with food and beverage the second most affected sector based on analysis of insurance claims.
Ongoing 5-year Salmonella outbreak sickens 1,000 from 16 countries
Cases in a multiyear and multi country outbreak of Salmonella in eggs linked to Poland have seen a new peak after control measures had led to a decline.
BRC Global Standards has told us there was no single incident but an accumulation of issues that led to Bureau Veritas being suspended due to poor performance.
Recalls and alerts were made by UK, US, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Germany and Austria.
Subscribing to HorizonScan means you are potentially increasing your QA department by several thousands of people, according to the global product manager of the database.
The problem of mycotoxins is not an issue of developing and developed countries but of what you are producing and where, according to ProGnosis Biotech.
Recalls and alerts were made by UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Lithuania, Germany and Austria
Brazil was the top country of origin for recalls and notifications for the second quarter in a row closely followed by Italy, according to Stericycle Expert Solutions.
Pesticide residues and aflatoxins in products from Turkey topped the list of notifications in the 2016 Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) report.
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