Food Safety Dept. issues advisory for roadside vendors
With summer at its peak forcing people to largely depend on beverages sold at shops and by roadside vendors to remain rehydrated, Food Safety Department has issued an advisory on precautions to be taken
View ArticleSouth Africa: More than 1,000 listeriosis cases with 200 deaths
Health officials in South Africa say there are now more than 1,000 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases tied to the Enterprise Foods production facility at Polokwane with 55 of those cases reported...
View ArticleEgypt bans South Africa agricultural imports over deadly bacteria
The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture decided to ban agricultural imports from South Africa over the outbreak of deadly listeria bacteria in South African agricultural products, official MENA news agency
View ArticleAntibiotic supply chains need a cure as they face issues of ‘excess and access’
Antibiotic supply chains are on the brink of collapse, cautions The Netherlands-based Access to Medicine Foundation (AMF), as the world grapples with the peculiar problem of ‘excess and access’ when it
View ArticleNational milk safety and quality survey, 2018: interim report
Milk in India is largely safe, even though quality issues persist, an interim report released by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) said. The report of the National Milk Quality Survey,
View ArticleFood safety in Africa: past endeavors and future directions
African countries should channel additional investments in food safety as a means to boost nutrition status of citizens and tackle ailments linked to contamination of key staples, says a report launched.
View ArticleUndernutrition combined with dietary mineral oil hastens depuration of stored...
Food safety crises involving persistent organic pollutants (POPs) lead to systematic slaughter of livestock to prevent contaminants from entering the food chain. Therefore, there is a need to develop
View ArticleFoodborne disease in Kenya: County-level cost estimates and the case for...
The right to safe food is enshrined in the Kenyan constitution. Through their jurisdiction over matters of agriculture – specifically crop and animal husbandry, abattoirs, and veterinary services – and
View ArticleImplications of insecticide-treated mosquito net fishing in lower income...
Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are highly effective for the control of malaria. Yet widely distributed ITNs have been repurposed as fishing nets throughout the world.
View ArticleReport by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on heavy metal...
Report by Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in Original Application No 685 of 2023 news item titled 'Vegetables across Bengaluru contaminated with heavy metal warns study appearing in One
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