NEWS PLUS+ Issue 14 | 05.04.2019
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1. African swine fever impacts pork industries, as Chinese outbreak hits global prices
03.04.2019. Japan. African Swine Fever
Active ASF virus found in sausage passenger brought to Japan from China, US strengthens safeguards and pork prices pushed up. See our Meat Market Update below.
Source 1: Food Ingredients First
Source 2: Meating Place
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Request our Q2 Meat Market Update which contains an alert communication on pork supply based on significant pork price increases in recent weeks.
2. Kentucky-centered multi-state outbreak of rare E. coli O103 doubles in size
04.04.2019. USA. E. coli
In less than a week, that Kentucky-centered outbreak of the rare E. coli O103 has exploded to 44 cases in the Bluegrass State and spread to Tennessee, Ohio, and Georgia, the Minneapolis-based Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy reports.
Source: Food Safety News
3. Five dead after suspected food poisoning in France
02.04.2019. France. Food Poisoning
More than 20 residents of a care home in France have fallen ill with suspected food poisoning and five have died.
Source: Food Safety News
4. Listeria lurks, preventive strategies lag
22.03.2019. Global. Listeria
2018 saw the world’s largest ever recorded listeriosis outbreak. But the trend is to smaller, but more, outbreaks, all because of whole genome sequencing (see page 51 of Article 2).
Source: Meating Place
5. A lot of the team started to get ill
01.04.2019. UK. Norovirus
The BBC interview the founders of Mexican chain Wahaca, and they tell how they dealt with a norovirus outbreak.
Source: BBC
6. USDA to Audit Brazil’s Meat Inspections After 2017 Import Ban
27.03.2019. USA/Brazil. Audit
This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to audit Brazil’s beef and pork inspections.
Source: Food Safety Magazine
7. New rules to prevent Salmonella now in effect in Canada
02.04.2019. Canada. Salmonella
Producers of frozen breaded chicken nuggets in Canada are working under new regulations aimed at lowering the number of Salmonella cases and product recalls.
Source: Meating Place
8. Plastic contamination and incorrect labelling sparks product recalls in the US and Australia
03.04.2019. Global. Recall
Ten tons of beef patties recalled in the US for containing purple plastic. While in Australia, products in packaging labelled as gluten-free actually contain gluten.
Source 1: Food Safety News
Source 2: WATTAgNet
9. Sweden to review burger cooking recommendations after control
26.03.2019. Sweden. Food Safety
More than half of 145 restaurants lacked routines to ensure the microbiological quality of not thoroughly cooked burgers, according to Swedish authorities.
Source: Food Safety News
10. Campylobacter peaks across EU revealed
05.04.2019. Europe. Campylobacter
Nordic nations had a seasonal campylobacteriosis peak in mid- to late summer while most other European countries had a smaller rise earlier in the year, according to a study.
Source: Food Safety News
BIG STORIES IN MARCH
Here are the top articles which received the most attention from you, the readers, throughout last month.
TOP STORY
EC identifies ‘dual quality’ issues across the bloc: ‘It is not an East-West issue, it is everywhere’
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