Category Archives: Food Safety Management

Italy – Cocoa Powder – Ochratoxin A

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Salute

Brand : Penny

Name : Cocoa Powder

Reason for reporting : Recall due to chemical risk

Publication date : 3 April 2024

Documentation

Documentation

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France – Halal Chicken Samosa – Salmonella

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Meats
Product brand name
Frosted Yakis
Model names or references
Halal Chicken Samosas x6 PCS Halal Chicken Samosas x14 PCS
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
3770019028353 150925 Minimum durability date 09/15/2025
3770019028377 150925 Minimum durability date 09/15/2025
Packaging
330g bag of 6 pieces 770g bag of 14 pieces
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/19/2024 to 04/02/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the freezer
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
LAM, 107 Avenue Joffre 93800 EPINAY-SUR-SEINE 0147 99 44 99

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Sweden – Tulip recalls Turkey Bacon 110g due to Salmonella

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Livsmedelsverket

Danish Crown A/S is recalling 110 grams of Tulip Turkey Bacon due to salmonella.
Production date: 26.03.2024; Best before: 30.04.2024

 Recall of Tulip Turkey Bacon 110g – Press release from Danish Crown A/S

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France – Chef’s pâté with green pepper – Listeria monocytogenes

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Others
Product brand name
Ram salting
Model names or references
Ram salting
Product identification
GTIN Batch Date
0245665000000 240222000 Use-by date 04/07/2024
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/11/2024 to 03/29/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Health mark
BE B659 EG
Further information
The product was sold in the traditional delicatessen section
Geographical sales area
Templeuve-en-Pévèle
Distributors
E.Leclerc Templeuve

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Singapore – Firms fined in Singapore for breaching food safety rules

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Food Safety News

Three companies were fined recently in Singapore for violating food safety regulations.

Lee Peng Hwa, the proprietor of LPH Catering, was told to pay SG $12,000 (U.S. $8,900) for multiple offenses committed under the Sale of Food (Non-Retail Food Business) Regulations.

Alternative Selection Pte, a food processing company and retailer, was fined SG $6,400 ($4,700) for tampering with expiry dates on prepacked food products.

Go Go Foods Singapore Pte, a licensed food importer, was fined SG $3,500 ($2,600) for operating an unlicensed cold store. Director Yatagawa Koichi was also charged the same amount for failing to prevent the offense.

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Hong Kong – Oyster Food Safety Booklet

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CFS

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Hong Kong – The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) holds a series of food safety exhibitions across the territory every year. 

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CFS

Roving Exhibitions on Food Safety in 2024

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) holds a series of exhibitions across the territory every year.  Panels covering different topics such as food safety and nutrition are shown to enhance public knowledge on how to make safe and suitable food choices.

Four roving exhibitions will be held in the following venues in April 2024. Details are as follows:

Date Time Venue Theme
10/4 10am – 4pm Causeway Bay Market Prevention of Cross-contamination; Take Notice of Eating Scallops
17/4 10am – 4pm Smithfield Market Prevention of Cross-contamination; Trans Fats
19/4 10am – 4pm Tsuen Wan Government Offices Food Safety Advice for Pregnant Women; Enhance Food Traceability, Strengthen Food Safety
24/4 10am – 4pm Sai Wan Ho Market Control of Food Temperature; Genetically Modified Food

New arrangements of the exhibitions will be announced regularly and members of the public are welcome to visit the CFS website.  For any enquiries, please contact our Communication Resource Unit at 2381 6096.

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Denmark – Salmonella in turkey bacon

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Foedevarestyrelsen

Danish Crown is recalling Den Grønne butcher turkey bacon, as salmonella has been found in the raw material for the product.
If you have the product, you should discard it or return it to the store where it was purchased.

Which food is recalled

The Green Butcher Turkey Bacon

Net weight: 100 grams
Best before date: 30.04.2024 and 01.05.2024
EAN code: 5707196309232

Where is the product sold

The product is sold in : COOP and Netto

Why is the product being recalled?

A check at the Polish raw material supplier has detected salmonella in the raw material.

There is therefore a risk that there may be salmonella in the product. The symptoms of infection with salmonella are diarrhoea, abdominal pain, fever, headache and possibly nausea and vomiting. The illness can last from a few days to several weeks.

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France – Scallop in shell – E.coli

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Gov France

Product category
Food
Product subcategory
Fishing and aquaculture products
Product brand name
without marks
Model names or references
In shell and nuts
Product identification
Batch
10071
Start/end date of marketing
From 03/23/2024 to 03/26/2024
Storage temperature
Product to keep in the refrigerator
Geographical sales area
Whole France
Distributors
Self-service store and distributor

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UK survey shows gap between food hygiene knowledge and practises.

Posted on April 2, 2024 by | Leave a comment

Food Safety News

I would like to have said that I was surprised but I am not.

A survey on habits and beliefs around food hygiene has found some people wash raw chicken before cooking and others check their phones while preparing food.

Ipsos interviewed 2,231 adults aged 16 to 75 in the United Kingdom online in March 2024.

Overall, 85 percent of adults said they cook or prepare food at home at least several times a week.

One potentially harmful habit was people using the same tea towel for multiple purposes, including drying hands and kitchen objects. The data suggest that almost four in 10 do this at least frequently. Even among those who say they cook and prepare food at home on a daily basis, the proportion of those sharing this habit is 36 percent.

More than a third always or frequently check their phone whilst preparing food. One in five store leftover food in open containers in the fridge.

Almost one in three respondents frequently or always wash raw chicken before cooking it. This practice can cause cross-contamination through splashing bacteria onto hands, clothes, worktops and utensils. Microscopic droplets can cause cross-contamination.

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