Fresh Produce Safety Centre
1 September 2016
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Registration is now open for the FPSC’s Fresh Produce Testing for Food Safety professional development event in Melbourne on 12 October 2016. See full story below.
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Professional development event in Melbourne 12 October
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Registration is now open for the FPSC’s Fresh Produce Testing for Food Safety professional development event in Melbourne on 12 October 2016. If you are a QA manager in a fresh produce business, testing service provider, auditor/Certification Body, product technologist, trainer/consultant, food regulation manager, food safety system owner representative, student or academic with a stake in fresh produce food safety, be sure to register now to secure your place.
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Fresh Produce Safety Conference 2016 provides something for everyone
The Fresh Produce Safety Conference, Innovation in fresh food safety, held at the University of Sydney on 10 August once again proved the value to industry of this annual event.
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AU: Using compost safely: A guide for the use of recycled organics in horticulture
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Soil Wealth: This guide describes how fresh produce growers can use compost without affecting their food safety assurance program. Compost is a mixture of recycled organic materials that have been processed by natural organisms, breaking down the original materials into a usable form. Compost has many benefits for soil.
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US: Are spotty fruits and vegetables safe to eat?
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YouTube: Blemished food may be a stigma we should erase. Marks on produce scare shoppers into health concerns, but a lot of food may be harmless, and wasted for aesthetic reasons.
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NZ: New Zealand’s Parliament advances food safety reform bill
Food Safety News: Three years after a major botulism scare involving whey protein concentrate used in infant formula and other food products, New Zealand’s parliament has unanimously passed the first reading of the Food Safety Law Reform Bill.
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AU: Management of imported food safety risks
Food Standards Australia New Zealand: The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (Agriculture) is working with the Department of Health to improve how imported food safety risks are managed without imposing undue costs on importers and consumers, as well as our trading partners.
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US: Listeria prompts recall of fresh-cut vegetables in 9 states
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Food Safety News: A Texas company is recalling 30,000 cases of fresh-cut vegetable products from eight retail chains — including Wal-Mart, QuikTrip and Publix — after a random sample tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
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NZ: Is New Zealand food safe? A toxicologist’s view
University of Canterbury: In his upcoming UC Connect public talk, University of Canterbury Professor of Toxicology Ian Shaw will explore food from a toxicologist’s perspective and focus on chemical contaminants and natural toxins in food and try to answer the question, is New Zealand food safe?
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AU: Call for submissions on GM potato
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Food Standards Australia New Zealand: Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on a potato that has been genetically modified to reduce both bruising and the amount of acrylamide formed during cooking. [Full story]
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AU: Figures show Australia is food allergy capital of world
Food & Beverage Industry News: Australia has the highest level of food allergies in the world and Melbourne is the food allergy capital of the world, according to research. Two in every 100 Australian adults are affected by food allergies, while the figure rises to one in 10 for infants. The rates of these allergies in the western world has been rising for the past 20 years [..]
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NZ: Gastro probe to seek lessons for NZ
New Zealand Herald: Attorney General Christopher Finlayson has released the draft terms of reference for the inquiry into an outbreak of Campylobacter bacteria in Havelock North's water supply. It will look at how the water supply was contaminated, whether the response was appropriate, and any wider lessons for New Zealand's water supply network.
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NZ: Hawke’s Bay food safe to eat say growers
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FreshPlaza: Last week, the Havelock North water supply was contaminated with campylobacter, leading to more than 2000 people coming down with violent vomiting and diarrhoea. Growers are desperate to reassure the public it's safe to eat fruit and vegetables from Hawke's Bay, despite the region's contaminated water supply. 
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US: IBM researchers use grocery scanner data to speed investigations during early foodborne illness outbreaks
PR Newswire: During a foodborne illness outbreak, rapidly identifying the contaminated food source is vital to minimizing illness, loss and impact on society. IBM Research announced its scientists have discovered that analyzing retail-scanner data from grocery stores against maps of confirmed cases of foodborne illness can speed early investigations.
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NZ: Top scientist appointed food safety director
Scoop: Massey University’s Professor Nigel French, a world leader in molecular epidemiology and public health research, has been appointed the inaugural director of the New Zealand Food Safety Science and Research Centre.
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