The US President has committed US$ one billion to a major revamp of Food Safety in the US following the recent Salmonella outbreak.
A Food Safety Working Group is to be established to provide the direction for tightening up food safety inspections and ensure compliance of regulation. It will be chaired jointly by the Secretaries of …
The following is a notice from Food Standards Australia New Zealand issued on 20 March 2009, and is an example of the type of information received when you subscribe to the Subscription Service on the FSANZ website:
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/newsroom/subscriptionservice.cfm.
PUBLIC COMMENT WANTED ON FSANZ’S SAFETY EVALUATION OF A NEW GM FOOD
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) today invited …
The Allergen Forum is a part of the Australian Food and Grocery Council. The Forum is focussed on developing methods and tools to assist food businesses control and label allergens.
One of the key tools developed by the Forum is a simple to use and effective method for food allergen advisory labelling. It is known as …
The Maple Leaf Foods meat processing plant in Toronto was found to be responsible for the single largest meat recall in Canadian history. It was traced to two slicing machines in the factory.
The recall occurred because of an outbreak of Listeriosis from tainted meats, which resulted in more than 20 deaths. These were reported in …
The Queensland banana industry is very concerned about a Federal Government decision to allow bananas to be imported from The Philippines. The current Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries Minister, Tim Mulherin, has stated that the decision is “ill advised and just plain wrong”.
Growcom (the peak horticultural organisation) agrees that as Queensland is responsible for the …
We all know that antibiotics can make us feel better. However, many people are under the mistaken idea that antibiotics will cure everything. Although antibiotics are effective against bacteria, they will not have impact on viruses like the common cold or influenza (the Flu).
Many people have taken antibiotics in the past for conditions that may …
Traditionally spices are used for therapeutic reasons as well as for flavouring foods. Much study is being done currently across the world to determine their properties and recent findings are showing that compared to berries, wine, tea and vegetables they contain more antioxidants.
Due to this and their high content of phyto - chemicals, spices are …
Colour coding is a well recognized cross contamination method used in the food industry for controlling or preventing cross contamination.
Cross contamination is microbial transfer by direct contact between surfaces or foods. A typical example is the transfer of pathogens through the use of a cutting board that has not been washed between raw and cooked …
There is always studying of eating and buying patterns. With the economic situation, there are some interesting trends appearing.
It is being found that dining out at restaurants is becoming less, with increasing numbers of them going out of business. Restaurants are therefore, having to adjust menus and prices to encourage diners. Smaller serves at lower …
The tax on premixed alcoholic drinks is set to be extended from only spirit based drinks to those that are made from alcohol from wine or beer.
The 70% tax hike will apply to “maltalternatives” - products made from wine or beer extracted alcohols but taste like alcopops.
Health Minister, Nicola Roxon said on 24 February 2009 …