World Supply Chain News
Food poison's hall of shame revealed
Fiona Hudson and Ashley Gardiner
The Herald Sun
January 14, 2012
THE Health Department has named nine food outlets linked to serious food poisoning outbreaks, months after the event.
Officials have also belatedly added five more businesses to Victoria's "name and shame" database of food proprietors convicted and fined over food safety breaches.
Corporate Directors' Concerns Range from Risk to iPhones
Corporate Counsel
October 26, 2011
In a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers of directors on corporate boards, risk management was a key area where directors felt they needed more focus. And it was only one of several topics included in an annual PwC survey that touches on how a general counsel does his or her job.
FDA reveals details of foreign farm inspections
The Packer, 10/11/2011
Tom Karst
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — About half of all foreign farms supplying produce to the U.S. and inspected by the Food and Drug Administration in recent years have had a written food safety plan, and nearly all had worker hygiene training in place.
CDC confirms 13 dead in listeria cantaloupe outbreak
By JoNel Aleccia Health writer
www.msnbc.msn.com
27th Sept 2011
Infections hit elderly victims hard; more illnesses, deaths may be confirmed
At least 13 people are dead amid 72 sickened in 18 states in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to contaminated cantaloupes, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Australia: New online food recall portal service launched by GS1
August 11, 2011
AMDAustralian Food News
GS1 Recallnet, a new national product recall service to remove potentially harmful grocery, food, liquor and other products from the supply chain, was launched Australia-wide August 10, 2011.
The new service extends existing GS1 Australia services and enables industry to manage product recalls and withdrawals online. Maria Palazzola, CEO of GS1 Australia, said that it will build consumer safety into the supply chain.
Canada: Canada-wide outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to veal liver; feds won’t say how many are sick
August 10th, 2011 by Doug Powell
Once again, the communication geniuses at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) have buried the lede, announcing halfway through a recall of veal liver that “there have been reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.
“This is an ongoing food safety investigation. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is investigating a multi-provincial outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses in collaboration with provincial health authorities as well as federal health partners including CFIA and Health Canada.”
USA: The 'Teeth' of FDA's Food Safety Law
Aug 10, 2011
FDA - US Food & Drug Administration
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law by President Obama in January, has been called “historic” because it puts the focus of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on prevention—working to ensure that unsafe foods are not distributed in the first place.
Australia: E.Coli, researchers gaining ground
August 10, 2011
An opinion piece by Joe Lederman (Publisher of Australian Food News)Australian Food News
Researchers from the University of Minnesota recently discovered and patented a naturally occurring lantibiotic, a peptide produced by harmless bacteria, that could be added to food to kill harmful bacteria, like E.coli, salmonella, and listeria.
“It’s aimed at protecting foods from a broad range of bugs that cause disease,” said Dan O’Sullivan, professor of food science and nutrition in the University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
India: Business wary of new food safety law
Snehlata Shrivastav, TNN | Aug 11, 2011
NAGPUR: Even before the Maharashtra government has begun implementation of the new Food Safety and Standard Act 2006 and Rules 2010 framed under it a section of trading and industrial community is up in arms against the Act.
USA: When the E. coli outbreak hit Europe, scientists faced multiple problems
By Amy Karon of the Journal Sentinel Aug. 8, 2011
The recent E. coli outbreak in Europe caught scientists there flat-footed, officials told a group of international food safety experts in Milwaukee last week.
"We weren't prepared. In Europe we had the perception of fresh produce as very safe," said Mieke Uyttendaele, senior microbiologist at Ghent University in Belgium.