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499[USA] Leafy Greens Added to CDC's Foodborne Illness Questionnaire (2016-08-26)After a Listeria outbreak involving bagged salads produced by Dole, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now including leafy greens on food history questionnaires that are used to interview foodborne illness patients. Had leafy greens been on the questionnaire already, the outbr...2016-08-31
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498[Australia] Buyer beware when considering weight loss products from overseas websites (2016-08-29)Australians should be extremely cautious when considering buying medicines online to lose weight, particularly from unknown overseas websites. We receive many reports about overseas based websites offering 'herbal' or 'drug free' weight loss products. Far from being 'natur...2016-08-30
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497[New Zealand] Environmental impacts come first in EPA insecticide decision (2016-08-29)The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has declined an application to import an insecticide to control pests on onion and potato crops. The insecticide Grizly Max contains the active ingredients imidacloprid, novaluron and bifenthrin. These active ingredients are already approved for us...2016-08-30
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496[UK] New Scottish hotline to tackle £1.2bn food crime problem (2016-08-25)A hotline is being launched to help combat the UK's £1.2bn food crime problem in the wake of the horse meat scandal. Food crime is the deliberate manipulation, substitution, mislabelling or fraud in relation to food. Food Standards Scotland (FSS) and Crimestoppers have created t...2016-08-29
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495[USA] CORRECTED HEADLINE: DATCP issues consumer advisory for cottage cheese produced by Westby Cooperative Creamery (2016-08-26)MADISON, Wisconsin –The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP)—Division of Food and Recreational Safety is issuing a consumer alert for 4% cottage cheese made by Westby Cooperative Creamery located in Westby, Wisconsin. The presence of active alkali...2016-08-29
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494[Australia] Biosecurity Advice 2016-30 - Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh strawberry fruit from the Republic of Korea (2016-08-25)This Biosecurity Advice notifies stakeholders of the release of the Draft report for the non-regulated analysis of existing policy for fresh strawberry fruit from the Republic of Korea. The draft report identifies pests that require phytosanitary measures to manage the risk to a very low leve...2016-08-26
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493[USA] FDA Issues Draft Guidances under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act for Animal Foods and the Classification of Activities for Farms and Facilities (2016-08-24)As the implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) continues, the agency today issued two draft guidances to assist industry with the implementation of the Preventive Controls for Animal Food rule and another draft guidance to assist businesses in determining whether the activi...2016-08-26
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492[UK] MPs call for ban on plastic microbeads (2016-08-24)A worldwide ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics should be imposed as soon as possible, MPs have demanded. The Environmental Audit Committee says the tiny balls of plastic used in shower gels and facial scrubs can even be found in Arctic sea-ice and on the ocean floor. The MPs say synth...2016-08-25
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491[USA] FDA Extends Certaiin FSMA Compliance Dates; Issues Draft Guidance (2016-08-23)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving forward with implementing the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, with the first major compliance dates beginning next month for large food facilities. While the major provisions of the FSMA rules are being implemented as planned, the FDA t...2016-08-25
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490[USA] Health Department Announces 5 Year Results of National Salt Reduction Initiative (2016-08-23)Food Companies Achieve Modest Sodium Reduction; Opportunity for More Progress through FDA Action August 23, 2016 – The New York City Health Department today announced that sodium levels decreased in a sample of top selling packaged foods by about 7% from 2009 to the beginning of 2015. ...2016-08-25