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432[USA] FSIS Expands Small Plant Help Desk, Launches Virtual Representative for Small and Very Small Plants (2016-07-25)Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is expanding its resources for small plants by launching a virtual representative that provides continual access to information. This new tool will allow users to receive up-to-date information on fre...2016-07-27
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431[USA] FDA Announces an Electronic System for Milk Products Export Lists (2016-07-25)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a new electronic system that U.S. manufacturers and processors of milk products can use to request to be included on a list of eligible exporting facilities to facilitate meeting a foreign country’s requirements. Some foreign countries use ...2016-07-27
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430[USA] Australia strengthens Vietnamese seafood product surveillance (2016-07-26)Vietnam's Government make a call to seafood enterprises for them to comply with international regulations for export in order to continue selling Vietnamese products to the Australian market. The recommendation was made by the National Agro, Forestry and Fisheries Quality Assurance Depart...2016-07-27
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429[USA] Health officials investigate E. coli outbreak; 12 sickened by same strain (2016-07-23)CONCORD, N.H. ?State health investigators are warning about an E. coli outbreak after a dozen people got sick from eating ground beef. Officials don't know where the contamination came from, but are now cautioning people to make sure their ground beef is cooked. State health leaders s...2016-07-26
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428[EU] Annual report of the Emerging Risks Exchange Network 2015 (2016-07-21)EFSA established an Emerging Risks Exchange Network (EREN) to exchange information between EFSA and the MSs on possible emerging risks for food and feed safety in 2010. The Network is currently composed of delegates from 22 Member States and two EFTA countries (Norway and Switzerland) designated ...2016-07-25
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427[USA] USDA Announces Additional Efforts to Make School Environments Healthier (2016-07-21)Local School Wellness Policy and Smart Snacks among Four Regulations Ensuring Access to Healthy Food, Consistent Nutrition Standards for Foods Marketed and Served to Students, and Greater Program Integrity Today, the Obama Administration is announcing four final rules that implement impo...2016-07-25
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426[USA] New USDA Rules Eliminate Junk Food in Schools (2016-07-21)Students might notice some changes in the cafeteria when they go back to school in a few weeks. The USDA will announce rules today that require schools to get rid of unhealthy snacks and eliminate students’ exposure to junk food, ABC News has exclusively learned. Kids Eat 30 Mo...2016-07-25
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425[USA] House Republican pushes Obama to veto GMO labeling law (2016-07-21)A House Republican is calling on President Obama to veto a bipartisan agreement to label foods made with genetically modified ingredients. In a letter to Obama on Thursday, Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) called the legislation a “sham bill that pretends to offer disclosure but in truth has...2016-07-25
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424[New Zealand] Removal of Whangaparaoa biotoxin warning and BOP reminder (2016-07-21)The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has removed the current health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish in the Whangaparaoa region due to marine biotoxins from toxic algae. Following extensive sampling of shellfish along this coastline, test results show that Para...2016-07-25
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423[Australia] Amendment No. 164 - 21 July 2016 (2016-07-21)Amendment No. 164 contains amendments to the following standards in the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. Schedule 3 - Identity and purity Schedule 18 - Processing aids Schedule 26 - Food produced using gene technology The Applications under which these amendments h...2016-07-22