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FSA revises vacuum packed meat shelf-life
The move to extend VP/MAP shelf life will not compromise food safety, states the FSA, and will mean less meat is thrown away in the UK.
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Outbreaks & product recalls
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Recall Roundup: Listeria, undeclared allergens and foreign objects…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls includes a Listeria alert, as well as undeclared allergens and foreign object contaminations.
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Recall Roundup: Salmonella, Listeria, and foreign objects…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls includes a number of Salmonella alerts as well as undeclared allergens and foreign object contaminations.
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Five ways to avoid a food recall
Product recalls can be costly and result in a loss of consumer trust, but they are often avoidable. Rob Kooijmans outlines his five tips to avoid the dreaded food recall...
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Poultry to blame for New Zealand’s Campylobacteriosis cases, says report
Cases of Campylobacteriosis in New Zealand declined following poultry reforms between 2006-2008, but progress since then has been slow.
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Episode Eleven: The challenges and solutions around Shiga toxin-producing E.coli
In this latest episode of the New Food Podcast, Bethan Grylls speaks with three food experts on the topic of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC).
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Five challenges facing food manufacturers this Thanksgiving
New Food's Josh Minchin looks at some of the challenges the food industry has had to overcome to deliver Thanksgiving this year and new trends which may be here to stay...
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Recall Roundup: Listeria, E.Coli, and undeclared allergens…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls includes a number of Listeria alerts as well as undeclared allergens and other pathogen contaminations.
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Recall Roundup: E. coli, undeclared allergens and memory reducing oil…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls include a number of allergen alerts and a case of suspected STEC E. coli contamination.
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Recall Roundup: E. coli alerts, foreign objects and more…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls include a number of allergen recalls, suspected E. Coli contamination, and foreign objects found in food.
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COVID-19 could be an ingredient for change for food processing industry
The impact of COVID-19 is shining a spotlight on the health and safety of employees in the food industry. According to Anna Overton from S&P Global Ratings, as stakeholders place increasing importance on such social factors, this could induce lasting change to how companies in the sector approach their workers’…
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Guinness recalls alcohol free stout just weeks after launch
The St James' Gate Brewery has told customers not to consume its new alcohol free stout amidst fears of a microbiological contamination during production.
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UK E. coli outbreak report published as USA investigates cases
Scientists have praised UK response to E. coli outbreak, for which whole genome sequencing played an integral role. Meanwhile, the states tackles it own case of STEC.
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Recall roundup: several allergen alerts and recalls issued, plus more…
New Food's global roundup of food recalls includes a number of allergen recalls, as well as Salmonella and foreign matter contamination, and the presence of mould in food products.
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Bacterial virus helped new strain of Salmonella become widespread in pigs
The dominant strain of Salmonella Typhimurium in pigs may owe its success to acquiring a toxin gene from a virus that invades the bacteria themselves.
