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Risky Generosity: Food Safety in a Non-Profit Event.


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About half a year, a Mormon church in Nevada reported 100 cases of food poisoning after a pot luck event. Many of the victims suffered from...

Fear for Public Food Safety: NSW Health to close its only Food Testing Laboratory.


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It was announced a week ago that the New South Wales state government is going to close the only public food testing laboratory in the state...

Oh the irony! Food poisoning at the Food Safety Summit in the United States.


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In America, a Food Safety Summit is held every year. This year, it was held in Baltimore, Maryland. However, certain circumstances made this...

Scores on Doors explained


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Scores on Doors is based on a demerit system. That is, a venue gains points for the more things it gets wrong. Depending upon how many point...

Scores on Doors Overview


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Tthe Scores on Doors scheme is run as a joint venture between the NSW Food Authority and local councils. According to the NSW Food Authority...

Name and shame web site having an impact or is it just a political sham?


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The NSW name and shame web site appears to be working. Accoridng to the NSW Primary Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson, the number of si...

Food and safety new look and feel


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From here on our blogs are going to be picking up on the key food and safety issues. We are still debating how wide we will be searching for...

Christmas Food Safety Questions


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Following is an extract from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety And Inspection Service for food safety questions...

Food safety round up 18th October 2012


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  News Food safety institute to work with Saudi Arabia Battle Creek Enquirer The Battle Creek-based International Food Protection Train...

Food poisoning expansion


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We are now expanding the site to include food poisoning news from around the world. Hopefully we can learn from other people’s mistake...