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Want a Spanish Mackerel above 10kg in Australia? Don’t eat it
The NSW Food Authority advises fishers to avoid eating Spanish Mackerel above 10kgs (as advised by NSW industry experts), as there is an increased risk of ciguatera poisoning. Commercial fishers,...
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2 dead, 30 sickened with Salmonella in 2015: Australian bakery fined $63K,
From Jan. to March, 2015, two people died and an additional 30 sickened with Salmonella bovismorbificans. New South Wales Health traced the Salmonella to a bakery that supplied aged-care facilities...
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Australian state regulator defends decision to approve unpasteurized...
The New South Wales Food Authority has defended its decision to approve the sale of an unpasteurised milk product, saying the company involved was subject to a two year, rigorous approval process. It...
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Protein Balls recalled in Australia because of nuts
The New South Wales Food Authority advises: Health Lab has recalled its Energise Choc Protein Balls and Refresh Choc Mint Protein Balls sold at Caltex in NSW, QLD and Vic and On The Run stores in SA...
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Data says so: Australia does have a raw egg problem
Statistics show that the consumption of foods containing raw or minimally cooked eggs is currently the single largest source of foodborne Salmonella outbreaks in Australia. I based a large part of my...
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$150,000 fines for Australia noodle bizes
Three Sydney noodle manufacturing businesses have been collectively fined more than $150,000 in relation to various food safety and hygiene failures under the Food Act 2003 and the Food Standards Code...
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Australian bakery that sickened 203 with Salmonella in 1996 fined $130K
In late Jan. 2016, a bakery in Sydney’s south was closed as customers started reporting Salmonella illness. On Monday, the owners of the Box Village Bakery, Thi Thu Ngo and Hung Son Le, were fined a...
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Australia still has an egg problem: Over 200 with Salmonella across NSW as...
Providing food safety advice without preaching is tricky. Matching the advice with what happens in reality is damn hard. Amy, Sorenne and I are hanging out in Canberra – Australia’s capital — for the...
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Salted clams culprit behind hepatitis A rise
Salted clams from China and Korea appear to be the common factor in a spate of hepatitis A cases in various countries. According to the Korea Biomedical Review, the Korea Centers for Disease Control...
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Australian frozen meals recalled for Listeria
This recall is particularly notable because the meals are distributed to some of the most vulnerable in society. The NSW Food Authority advises: The Flagstaff Group Limited T/A Flagstaff Fine Foods is...
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