Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world (Week 44)

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Here is my article's selection of the week: CHINA - Top Food Safety Shanghai Tips, by Paul O'Brien, on healthandsafetyinshanghai.com: tips on Chinese food safety from an expatriate consultant. EU - Lithuania bans energy drink sales to under 18s, by Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn+ , on beveragedaily.com: Lithuania has banned energy drink sales to under 18s - making the Baltic … Continue reading Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world (Week 44)

Food recalls in EU – Week 34

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have four recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notifications: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: foodborne outbreak (20 cases, 12 people dead) caused by Listeria Monocytogenes in lamb-roll sausages, following food poisoning. Origin Denmark, notified by Denmark, distributed also to Germany, Norway and Sweden; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: shigatoxin-producing Escherichia Coli in raw milk … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 34