Improvements in surveillance systems are being undermined by developments in disease diagnosis and inconsistent reporting by state public health departments, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
In this, the latest edition of FoodQualityNews.com's recall round-up gallery, we've got choking hazards, glass contamination, allergens, and Clostridium botulinum.
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This week in the recall round-up gallery the reasons behind food withdrawals takes us to Norway, France, Belgium Australia, New Zealand the UK and the US.
PURE Bioscience expects to make direct food contact submissions to US regulatory agencies based on testing of its antimicrobial before the end of the month.
Vegetables and vegetable products have been voted as the most likely driver of an increase in foodborne illness outbreaks, according to a Nordic survey.
On a summer’s day in 1906 Theodore Roosevelt pushed through new food safety regulation. The Food and Drugs Act passed that day over 100 years ago was the last time the US food safety system was modernized.
