Published: Jun 24, 2022

LA UNIÓ de Llauradors reported that: "Up until May, Mercosur countries accounted for 61% of interceptions of citrus from third countries infected with pests, with Brazil representing more than 53%."

Published: Jun 16, 2022

Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) announced that it will add walnuts to the list of allergens that food manufacturers and importers must include on product packaging labels.

Published: Jun 16, 2022

Several shipments imported broccoli from Thailand and Vietnam recently failed Customs inspections because they were found to contain excessive levels of either heavy metal or pesticide residues.

Published: Jun 10, 2022

The U.S. and other countries set maximum residue limits (MRLs) on fresh produce for various chemicals, including pesticides that might be used preharvest or postharvest.

Published: May 31, 2022

A multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections in the US and Canada has been potentially linked to fresh organic strawberries, branded as FreshKampo and HEB, purchased between March 5 and April 25, 2022.

Published: May 25, 2022

Listeria monocytogenes has been detected in a number of frozen vegetables tested in Ireland.

Published: May 18, 2022

During spot checks conducted in fruit stalls in Coimbatore on Wednesday, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) seized and destroyed 14.7 tons of artificially ripened fruits.

Published: May 09, 2022

In the first months of the year, Costa Rica's State Phytosanitary Service (SFE) detected and prevented the entry into the country of 673 kilograms of products coming from Panama (273 kilos of cherry tomatoes, 365 kilos of sweet pepper, and 35 kilos of fre

Published: Apr 15, 2022

Data from the first quarter of the year from the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reveal that Turkey continues to account for 60% of all rejections of fruits and vegetables.

Published: Apr 15, 2022

The UKHSA, Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland are investigating an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes linked to smoked fish.

Published: Mar 31, 2022

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is calling for “prudence in the use of antimicrobials in all sectors, including agriculture.”

Published: Mar 31, 2022

The Dutch health authorities have pulled from the market a batch of avocados from Peru that, as notified by the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) on 21 March, contained cadmium levels above the MRL allowed in the European Union.

Published: Mar 30, 2022

In its latest weekly report on substandard food imports, the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration said nine shipments of fresh strawberries from Japan had failed to pass pesticide checks at Taiwan Customs over the past week.

Published: Mar 18, 2022

A recall: every food processing company or distributor's worst nightmare.

Published: Mar 18, 2022

The Guardia Civil in Alicante has seized 20 tons of oranges that were contaminated with chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that has been banned for use in the food industry in the European Union since 2020.

Published: Mar 18, 2022

Honey bee colony collapse is a significant problem for Canada, and globally.

Published: Mar 10, 2022

The Phytosanitary Inspection of the Republika Srpska has banned the import of a shipment of oranges of 20,756 kilograms originating from Greece.

Published: Mar 04, 2022

According to Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP), there are four main hazards you need to know while operating a food business.

Published: Feb 28, 2022

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture poses substantial risks to food security, warns a risk analysis from the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER).

Published: Feb 28, 2022

Since the start of the week, fresh strawberries imported from Japan have been subject to batch-by-batch border inspections.