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South Africa listeriosis outbreak the deadliest in recorded history
An outbreak of the foodborne bacteria listeria in South Africa has claimed more lives than any other outbreak in recorded history.
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Chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef in ‘top ten’ risks of transatlantic deal
The divisive subject of chlorinated chicken sits alongside hormone-treated beef and brominated vegetable oil in a food charity's top ten risks of a US trade deal.
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New Food’s Food Fraud conference is back in 2018
Space is fast running out at New Food's second Food Fraud conference on March 1, an event where we bring together scientists and food industry experts to discuss a crime that costs food and beverage industry as much as $12 billion each year.
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Macron takes aim at Lactalis over baby formula contamination
As Lactalis allegedly faces hundreds of lawsuits over a salmonella outbreak at the end of 2017, the President of France has reassured the European community that French products are safe.
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UK Food and Drink Federation ‘welcomes’ 25-year environment plan launch
Among the actions outlined is a pledge to eliminate all avoidable waste by 2050 and all avoidable plastic waste by end of 2042.
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Professor Chris Elliott
11 January 2018 | By
Professor of Food Safety and Director of the Institute for Global Food Security, Queen’s University Belfast.
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The latte levy: industry reactions to 25p charge proposal
“Why charge consumers 25p a cup when the industry is willing to provide funding for recycling?” – Executive Director of the Foodservice Packaging Association.
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The Sins of Seafood
4 January 2018 | By Agilent
With seafood and aquaculture being the most valuable and highest traded commodity in the world, it’s an industry which inevitably is the most susceptible to fraud...
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Bioelectronic ‘nose’ to sniff out rotting food
Scientists have used a receptor found in zebrafish to detect the scent of a compound given off by rotting meat.
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E. coli outbreak in US and Canada linked to lettuce
Two people have died as a result of an outbreak of E. coli which has stretched between Newfoundland and Labrador on Canada's eastern coast to the US state of California, 4,500 kilometres south west.
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Experts warn of ‘dirty’ turkey if UK strikes a US trade deal
Brexit may put the UK consumer at risk as new research shows chemical treatments on poultry common in USA fail to meet EU safety standards.
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Source tracking for the food industry
Recent advances in rapid, high throughput DNA sequencing have revolutionised the study of biology, and have the capacity to do the same for food safety and security.
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Materials and Articles in Contact with Food
The FSA appointed Fera NRL for Chemical contaminants in 2008 looking into Food contact materials, Dioxins and PCBs, Mycotoxins, PAHs and Trace elements.
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Baby milk recalled worldwide after salmonella scare
Britain and China are among the countries affected by an international recall of milk formula traced back to a drying tower in northwest France.
