Food Safety & Quality

Food safety recall round-up

Food safety recall round-up 9-15 June 2017

Recalls: Histamine, aflatoxin and perchlorate

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food and beverage alerts were made by USA, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia and Denmark.

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ISO 22000 revision reaches DIS stage

By Joseph James Whitworth

Revision for ISO 22000 on food safety management systems has reached Draft International Standard (DIS) stage.

Fish and chicken were associated with the most outbreaks. Picture: ©iStock/shotsstudio

Fish and chicken associated with most outbreaks

By Joseph James Whitworth

Fish and chicken remain the two categories associated with the most foodborne outbreaks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The project will help countries quickly detect fraud and contamination with the help of portable tools, such as this X-ray fluorescence detector. Picture: IAEA

IAEA and FAO go mobile to tackle food fraud

By Joseph James Whitworth

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are to look at mobile tools to combat food fraud and contamination.

Food safety recall round-up

Food safety recall round-up 2-8 June 2017

Recalls: E. coli, gluten and quality issues

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food and beverage alerts were made by USA, England, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Croatia and Denmark.

The price of the deal was not made public. Picture: iStock

ALS enters US food testing market

By Joseph James Whitworth

ALS has entered the US food testing market with the acquisition of Marshfield Food Safety for an undisclosed amount.

Food safety recall round-up

Food safety recall round-up 26 May - 1 June 2017

Recalls: 3-MCPD, metal wire and Listeria

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food and beverage alerts were made by USA, Ireland, England, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg, Croatia and Denmark.

Food safety recall round-up

Food safety recall round-up 19-25 May 2017

Recalls: Chickpea quality, glass and pathogens

By Joseph James Whitworth

Food and beverage warnings alerts have been made by USA, Ireland, England, New Zealand, Canada, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary, Norway, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany and Denmark.

Picture: iStock

Special Edition: Track & Trace

Businesses adjusting to first full year of FSMA Compliance

By Jordan Anderson

While we acclimate ourselves to the ever changing food safety environment, businesses are adjusting to the first full year of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Compliance.

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Supplements cause spike in recalls - Stericycle

By Joseph James Whitworth

A spike in recalled units by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was driven by nutritional supplements, according to the Stericycle ExpertSOLUTIONS Q1 2017 index.

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Part 2 of 6: Thermo Fisher Scientific series

Harnessing GC-MS to put a stop to POPs

By Khalil Divan

Detection of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the food chain is an important task for the food safety industry.

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