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  • Recalls continue to normalise – except USDA

    • November 5, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Coronavirus, Latest News, Product Recall, RASFF
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  • International Product Safety Week & Recalls

    • October 20, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Covid-19 Coronavirus, Latest News, Product Recall
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    The EU’s International Product Safety Week is coming up soon and it has prompted us to review this year’s recall data from the EU and US. Click below to read more on what to expect from this year’s campaign and to see the latest numbers.

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  • Recalls Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels – With One Exception

    • October 16, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Covid-19 Coronavirus, Latest News, Product Recall, Product Recall Planning, RASFF
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  • UK Government Publishes “Consumer Attitudes to Product Safety” Report

    • October 13, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Consumer Products, Latest News, Product Recall, Product Safety
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  • European Product Recalls – RASFF Report 2019 Published

    • October 9, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Food Safety, Latest News, Product Recall, RASFF
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    The European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed has published its annual report for 2019. It includes data and information related to recall activity in the EU during 2019. Click below to read our summary of the key points and a short glossary.

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  • UK Government Publishes Product Recall Effectiveness Report

    • October 5, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Latest News, Product Recall
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    The UK Government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards has published a report entitled ‘Insights into Product Recall Effectiveness, as part of their drive to try and increase awareness of product recalls in the UK. Click below to find out more.

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  • UK food crime report published

    • October 1, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Food crime, Food Defence, Latest News
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    The new 2020 UK Food Crime report has been published. We have summarised one of the sections from the report where it defines 7 types of food crime, however we do recommend reading it in full. Click below to find out more.

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  • Food recalls are inevitable…but not all of them!

    • September 24, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Articles, Food Safety, Latest News, Never events, Product Recall, Product Recall Planning, RQA Group
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    Food product recalls are a fact of life for food manufacturers globally. It doesn’t matter how good the food safety systems and controls are, recalls still happen. Click below to find out more.

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  • SARS-CoV-2 should not be considered a food safety hazard

    • September 11, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Coronavirus, Food Safety, Latest News, Pandemic
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    Scientific paper presents facts about the virus and the absence of its role in transmission from food, published on 3rd September 2020. Important information for the food industry. Click below to read 16 key points we have extracted from the paper published by the International Commission on Microbiological Specifications of Foods (ICMSF).

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  • Micro testing in a recall – key terms you need to understand

    • September 7, 2020
    • Posted by: Nick Edwards
    • Categories: Articles, Food Safety, Latest News, Microbiology, Product Recall, RQA Group
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    It is important that food businesses understand the meaning of microbiological test results and have a broad understanding of laboratory test methods. No time is this more important than during a contamination incident or recall situation. Click below to read the full article.

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