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Flawed by design: why finished product testing has its limits
François Bourdichon explains the limits of finished product testing when it comes to ensuring safe production and how we could enhance the current methods set out.
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Recall Roundup: Listeria, E.coli and undeclared allergens…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls includes Listeria alerts, as well as several undeclared allergen reports from the US, UK and Canada.
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Poultry to be culled in Northern Ireland after bird flu is detected
More than 30,000 birds are to be culled and a strict control zone set up following a suspected outbreak of bird flu in County Antrim.
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Spanish researchers detect several strains of Listeria in pigs
By identifying the virulent strains in pigs, control and monitoring processes for Listeria could be improved.
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Recall Roundup: Salmonella , undeclared allergens and contaminants…
New Food’s global roundup of product recalls includes a Salmonella alert, as well as undeclared allergens and a contamination report from Germany.
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Salmonella ruled a contributing factor in two deaths
The Teesside Coroner’s Court ruled that Salmonella was a contributing factor in Sandra Blake and Stewart Graham’s deaths, in an outbreak which has since been linked back to a butcher in County Durham.
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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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The 10-day VP/MAP rule
In an article written before today's announcement on VP/MAP from the FSA, David Lindars from the BMPA explains why the UK regulation needed a change...
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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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Study into disease-resistant gene could help tackle food insecurity
An insightful investigation into plant disease resistance gene function and evolution may help guard against devastating crop diseases such as stem rust.
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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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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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Scientists discover genetics behind deadly oat blight
The Victoria oat blight was devastating for oat-growing regions in the US, but scientists have now uncovered the genetic make-up of the disease and can better understand how it attacks oat crops.
