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02-Sep-2010 - The recall of more than half a billion eggs linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak highlights a need for better traceability in the food system, according to the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).
23-Aug-2010 - The number of eggs recalled nationwide due to contamination with salmonella enteriditis has exceeded half a billion, as the recall expanded to a second farm on Friday.
20-Aug-2010 - A massive multi-state recall of salmonella-tainted shell eggs has led to renewed calls for food safety legislation to move forward in the Senate, as the number of related illnesses looks likely to grow, according to officials.
13-Aug-2010 - Chinese dairy Synutra International has affirmed its belief that its products are safe and in no way linked to recent allegations of premature breast development in infant girls.
11-Aug-2010 - Fonterra has insisted that the New Zealand-based dairy is 100 per cent confident in its products as one of its Chinese customers faces an investigation into tainted milk claims.
06-Aug-2010 - The problem with Kellogg’s tainted packaging has been solved, US federal authorities said yesterday – as the company confirmed the chemical responsible for the huge recall is not used in its European operations.
04-Aug-2010 - Kellogg Company has come under pressure from the US Congress to disclose more information about the “hazardous” packaging chemical that led to the recall of million of boxes of cereal in June.
03-Aug-2010 - The bacteria strain responsible for turning thousands mozzarella cheese blue blue earlier this summer does not pose a human health hazard, said German authorities.
30-Jul-2010 - Tins of codfish liver contaminated with higher than permitted levels of dioxins and PCBs are being cleared from supermarket shelves by food safety authorities in the Czech Republic.
29-Jul-2010 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has collected 125 food safety reports through its Reportable Food Registry in its first nine months of operation, the agency has said.
26-Jul-2010 - Food authorities in Hong Kong have raised the alarm that up to 48,000 cans of pork luncheon meat contaminated with liquid mercury could be on the market in the territory.
02-Jul-2010 - Treatment by high pressure processing (HPP) was seen to enhance the consistency of both ‘poor’ and ‘good’ quality gum arabic, finds new research from two UK universities.
30-Jun-2010 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has produced draft guidelines for reducing the use of growth-promoting antibiotic drugs for meat-producing animals, saying it contributes to drug resistance in humans.
28-Jun-2010 - Kellogg Company has recalled 28 million boxes of breakfast cereal in the United States over fears an unknown chemical that has tainted its packaging could cause diarrhoea and vomitting.
18-Jun-2010 - ConAgra Foods and Campbell Soup Supply Co both issued large-scale recalls yesterday across the United States.
07-May-2010 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued its final update on the salmonella outbreak linked to salami products and red and black pepper.
03-May-2010 - Two more products have been recalled due to the possibility that they may contain salmonella-tainted hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) from Basic Food Flavors – but fears of a large-scale recall have proved unfounded.
16-Apr-2010 - Little or no progress has been made in reducing the incidence of foodborne illness in the United States in recent years, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
15-Apr-2010 - Life Technologies Corp’s salmonella detection kit has been validated by the AOAC Research Institute.
09-Apr-2010 - Pulverised lime is being added to bleaching agents used in Chinese flour in a bid to cut production costs and boost profits, China state media has reported this week.
29-Mar-2010 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning on the potential danger of consuming raw milk, following a campylobacteriosis outbreak that has been linked to at least 12 illnesses in Michigan.
16-Mar-2010 - Allen Family Foods is facing fines of $182,200 after being cited with dozens of serious health and safety violations at its Harbeson poultry processing plant in the United States.
16-Mar-2010 - Consumers in Canada have been warned not to eat Siena Foods cooked ham on fears of Listeria monocytogenes contamination - but five recent deaths in Ontario are not thought to be linked to the produce.
15-Mar-2010 - Not again! It emerged last week that Basic Food Flavors, the company behind the ongoing HVP recall, knew its products were tainted with salmonella but carried on shipping them anyway. Déjà vu anyone?
11-Mar-2010 - Basic Food Flavors knew its hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) was contaminated with salmonella but continued to ship the product for a month before recalling it, according to an FDA report.