This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have two recalls from consumers in EU in the information for attention notifications: - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in sliced bamboo, following company's own check. Origin China, notified by Germany; - Heavy metals: cadmium in frozen whole squids, following a border control. Origin Argentina, notified by France. Between the alert notifications, followed by a withdrawal from … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 23 – 2014
EU and US taskforce progress in fighting antimicrobial resistance
EU and US progress in the fight against antimicrobial resistance The European Commission (EC) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) publish a progress report on the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR). The report outlines the advances made during the first TATFAR implementation period of 2011 to 2013, and renews the … Continue reading EU and US taskforce progress in fighting antimicrobial resistance
