Here's my selection of article for the week: - WHO Study Measures Global Burden of Listeria, by James Andrews on foodsafetynews.com: in 2010, Listeria monocytogenes was estimated to infect 23,150 people worldwide. It killed 5,463 of them, or 23.6 percent, according to a new study by European researchers in the World Health Organization (WHO) published in The … Continue reading Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world (Week 39)
FVO Report on Myanmar – Risks from sprouting seeds
This report describes the outcome of an audit carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in Myanmar from 24 February to 06 March 2014. The objectives of the audit were to evaluate the official controls related to production and processing of seeds for human consumption (in particular, seeds for sprouting eg. mung beans and other seeds … Continue reading FVO Report on Myanmar – Risks from sprouting seeds
