Issue 08 | 2019
NEWS PLUS + Issue 08 | 22.02.2019
A global update on food safety brought to you by FOOD PLUS + an enhanced approach to food safety and quality.
1. African Swine Fever spreads in Asia
20.02.2019. Asia. African Swine Fever
African Swine Fever is spreading in Asia, with Vietnam now reporting its first cases, as the virus is also detected in pork dumplings in two Chinese provinces
Source 1: Meating Place
Source 2: New Food Magazine
2. Salmonella infant formula illnesses increase; strain related to past outbreak
21.02.2019. Europe. Salmonella
The case count in a Salmonella outbreak linked to rice milk formula has increased again, with 26 possible infections in France.
Source: Food Safety News
3. Six-month old Salmonella outbreak from raw turkey continues to expand
16.02.2019. USA. Salmonella
The deadly multistate outbreak of multiple drug-resistant Salmonella infections linked to raw turkey products continues to expand, according to the latest update from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
Source: Food Safety News
4. Romanian agency clamps down after Listeria in salmon recalls
19.02.2019. Romania. Listeria
The Romanian food safety agency has stepped up controls after repeated recalls of fish products because of Listeria.
Source: Food Safety News
5. UK investigates outbreak linked to mayonnaise; product distributed in Europe
22.02.2019. UK. Salmonella
Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating a foodborne outbreak linked to avocado oil mayonnaise.
Source: Food Safety News
6. Salmonella cases in humans: assessing current EU reduction targets
18.02.2019. Europe. Salmonella
After several years of decline, salmonellosis cases in the EU have flattened out. EFSA scientists say that setting stricter targets for Salmonella in laying hens at farm level could help reduce cases of this origin by a half.
Source: EFSA
7. Irish food authorities develop DNA scanning tool
20.02.2019. Ireland. Food Fraud
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has developed a new scanning tool to identify the entire DNA content of a food.
Source: Global Meat News
8. Recall roundup: sharp metal and bacterial contamination
22.02.2019. Global. Recall
This week’s recall roundup contains bacterial contamination, sharp metal objects in soup and many mislabelled products.
Source: New Food Magazine
9. Authorities shutdown international wine fraud operation
19.02.2019. Global. Food Fraud
At least 11,000 bottles of red wine have been seized in Italy for containing a lower quality wine. Europol officials said criminal groups will counterfeit any beverage with no thought of the harmful consequences to human health as long as they continue to profit.
Source: Food Safety News
10. Is food packaging doing enough to communicate allergen information?
20.02.2019. UK. Allergens
As high profile media coverage looks at the misguided, and as witnessed, dangerous consequences of unclear allergen information, we spoke to global intelligence agency, Mintel, about how big the problem of allergen labelling is.
Source: Food Navigator
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