Category: Food safety
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Listeria findings are sharpening controls across cooked poultry supply chains. Frozen cooked chicken products imported from Brazil and supplied into catering channels have been withdrawn after contamination was detected.
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Extreme heat is testing resilience across refrigerated food supply chains. The Cold Chain Federation has warned that higher temperatures are increasing pressure on cold storage, refrigerated transport, energy demand, and contingency planning.
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EU sesame controls are tightening around Salmonella exposure in imports. The update increases scrutiny on tahini and halva from Syria, with manufacturers facing sharper documentation, supplier approval, and testing demands.
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Morrisons has recalled chilled pasta over undeclared milk allergen risk. Some packs may contain Florida Salad, exposing the operational link between product identity, packing accuracy, and allergen labelling.
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EFSA has assessed Bandera Twin for recycled food-contact PET applications. The opinion reinforces the technical evidence required before post-consumer plastics can be used safely in food packaging.
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Frozen Nutella bakery products face recall across several European markets. Ferrero has recalled selected Nutella Croissant and Nutella Muffin batches in Europe and the UK over possible metal-fragment contamination.
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Sprouted seeds remain a difficult ready-to-eat safety challenge for processors. A Salmonella Bovismorbificans outbreak across Europe and the UK has renewed scrutiny of seed sourcing, sprouting conditions, traceability, and hygiene validation.
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EU Listeria rules will tighten evidence demands from July 2026. Chilled ready-to-eat producers must defend shelf-life controls with stronger data.
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Lactalis has put France’s updated Nutri-Score system before Europe’s court. The case tightens scrutiny on dairy classification, voluntary labelling, and EU food information rules.
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Probe Industries has launched AiroVive for processing plant odour control. The system targets food and nutraceutical manufacturing environments.