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Wine controls dominate enforcement operations in Portugal

2 weeks 1 day ago

A significant quantity of wine and bottle labels have been seized in a series of checks by Portuguese authorities.

The Portuguese Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) was part of a team that inspected operators bottling and marketing wine in Anadia and Miranda do Corvo.

As a result of

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Sunday Edition: Shrooms

2 weeks 2 days ago
After President Trump signed the executive order concerning the treatment of severe mental illness in April, the FDA followed up by issuing “national priority vouchers” to three companies studying the effects of so called magic mushrooms.
Dan Flynn

Wasabi octopus recalled because of undeclared allergen

2 weeks 3 days ago

Azuma Foods International Inc. U.S.A. of Hayward, CA ,is recalling its 3-pack, 5.3 ounce Azuma Foods Brand Tako Wasabi-Seasoned Octopus with Wasabi retail packages, because they may contain undeclared fish. 

People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to fish run the risk of

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Danish experts help WHO estimate foodborne disease burden

2 weeks 4 days ago

Researchers from Denmark have contributed to the work behind the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated foodborne illness estimates.

Scientists at DTU National Food Institute helped with scientific advice, methodological development, and technical analyses.

The estimates are based on work in WHO’s Foodborne Disease Burden Epidemiology Reference

Joe Whitworth

FDA investigating new Salmonella outbreak

2 weeks 5 days ago

Federal officials are investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections.

The Food and Drug Administration is reporting that a source of the pathogen has not yet been identified. 

There are 62 confirmed patients, but the FDA is not reporting whether any have required hospitalization. The agency also has

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Hygiene and food handling gaps increase risk for patients

2 weeks 5 days ago

Poor hygiene, unsafe food handling practices, and a reliance on untrained food handlers may be placing vulnerable patients at some psychiatric hospitals at risk of foodborne illnesses, according to researchers in South Africa.

A study from the University of the Western Cape (UWC) assessed food safety practices among 91 foodservice

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