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INDIA – The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), to back micro-level food entrepreneurs and Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs). The MoU also aims to support Self Help Groups (SHGs) and producers’ cooperatives to improve the standard of their food businesses. “As part of…
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SWITZERLAND/U.S – SwissDeCode, a Swiss startup agri-food testing company, in collaboration with Mars Wrigley, has fashioned an on-site test that is designed to detect Cocoa Swollen Shoot Disease (CSSD) in asymptomatic trees in less than 60 minutes. CSSD has been an acute problem for the cocoa and chocolate industry for decades, as it can reduce cocoa yield by up to…
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U.S – Hy-Vee, Inc , one of America’s Top 5 favorite grocery store that operates more than 240 retail stores in eight states, has partnered with ComplianceMate (CM) Systems LLC, a leader in Food Safety Technology and Automation, to deploy the ComplianceMate food safety system across its entire portfolio of brands. The system is now being used in all its…
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U.S – The Food Conservancy, a non-profit organization aimed at getting more food to local farmers, is partnering with small-scale Northwest Arkansas (NWA) farmers to expand access to local food through the state’s first Group Good Agriculture Practices (GAP) certification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The recently completed voluntary audit programs by McGarrah Farms, Rivercrest Orchard and the…
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U.S – Various consumer groups and businesses have implored the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack to modernize poultry safe regulation through science-based reforms. Joining the consumer groups in penning the letter are also foodborne illness survivors, poultry industry leaders, academic scientists, and other food safety leaders. Participating companies include Tyson Foods, Perdue Farms, Butterball, and Wayne…
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U.S – The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has in its 2021 State Food Safety Resource Survey highlighted that 1,262,668 inspections, 37,731 compliance actions and 355,772 laboratory analyses were undertaken by state food safety regulatory programs. The survey looked at inspection work done by state food safety regulatory programs which ensure the safety of the food supply in…
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U.S – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced an investment of US$10 million for 21 grants to device and execute food safety and Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related training, education, extension outreach and technical assistance for food processors and farmers with small to mid-size operations. The Centers for Disease Control and…
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U.S – CMX, a leading provider of cloud-based Enterprise Quality Management Software (EQMS), has partnered with Mojix, a global leader in item-level intelligence solutions, to launch the first open data access, item-level food traceability platform. As part of the agreement, CMX will integrate the Mojix ytem platform, an innovation that emerged top in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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IRELAND – The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has revealed that consumers cannot be dependent on breakfast cereal nutrition labels to indicate true food composition and should be regularly verified. The report was carried out to assess the use of nutrition labels on breakfast cereals to see whether they can be relied upon to monitor food reformulation of food…
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U.S – A new US House Oversight subcommittee probe has unveiled that several leading baby food makers haven’t done enough to screen for neurotoxic heavy metals like arsenic, lead and cadmium in their products. The report follows up on an investigation from the same panel earlier this year, which found concerning levels of heavy metal contamination across many popular baby…
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