vegetables - News - safefood Knowledge Network2024-03-28T20:40:23Zhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/vegetablesM&S to remove ‘best before’ labels from 300 fruit and veg items to cut food wastehttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/m-s-to-remove-best-before-labels-from-300-fruit-and-veg-items-to-2022-07-20T09:56:25.000Z2022-07-20T09:56:25.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p class="dcr-xry7m2">Marks & Spencer is planning to remove “best before” labels from 300 varieties of fruit and vegetables in its stores to cut food waste.</p>
<p class="dcr-xry7m2">The change, to be rolled out this week, will rely on customers using their judgment to determine whether goods are still fine to eat. The measure will affect 85% of the supermarket’s fresh produce offering.</p>
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<p class="dcr-xry7m2"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/17/ms-to-remove-best-before-labels-from-300-fruit-and-veg-items-to-cut-food-waste" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Study Highlights Importance of Cooking Non-Ready-to-Eat Frozen Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs Prior to Eatinghttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/study-highlights-importance-of-cooking-non-ready-to-eat-frozen-ve2022-05-05T13:16:16.000Z2022-05-05T13:16:16.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and <em>safe</em>food today released findings from a comprehensive study which shows a potential low-level risk of illness for consumers who eat non-ready-to-eat* frozen vegetables, fruits or herbs without prior cooking. The microbiological study analysed almost 1,000 samples of frozen vegetables, fruits and herbs for the presence of <em>Listeria monocytogenes,</em><em>Salmonella</em>, <em>Listeria</em> spp. and <em>E. coli</em>. <em>Listeria monocytogenes</em> was found in 27 of the samples tested (3%), the majority of which were non-ready-to-eat frozen vegetables (21 samples).</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/press_releases/frozen_veg_fruit_herbs_study_05052022.html" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>EU-funded project targets produce safetyhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/eu-funded-project-targets-produce-safety2021-10-06T14:47:31.000Z2021-10-06T14:47:31.000Zsafefood Knowledge Network https://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefoodKnowledgeNetwork<div><p>A sensor is being developed by an EU-funded consortium to check for pesticides or bacteria in fruits and vegetables.</p>
<p>The project, called GRACED, is coordinated by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Centre and includes experts from across Europe.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/10/eu-funded-project-targets-produce-safety/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Greenyard agrees to settlement related to multi-country Listeria outbreakhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/greenyard-agrees-to-settlement-related-to-multi-country-listeria-2020-12-09T09:14:42.000Z2020-12-09T09:14:42.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>Greenyard is to pay half a million euros to settle allegations of communication failures about the Listeria contamination at its frozen vegetable factory in Hungary in 2018.</p>
<p>The related outbreak included 54 cases of listeriosis in Australia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, and the United Kingdom with 10 deaths from 2015 to 2018. Researchers in England found the outbreak strain <a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/10/listeria-found-in-a-quarter-of-frozen-veg-in-england/">remained in the UK frozen vegetable food chain</a> until April 2019 and caused a case of Listeria meningitis in England in February this past year.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2020/12/greenyard-agrees-to-settlement-related-to-multi-country-listeria-outbreak/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></p></div>Coating stops cross-contamination on fruit and vegetableshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/coating-stops-cross-contamination-on-fruit-and-vegetables2020-04-30T11:58:37.000Z2020-04-30T11:58:37.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><span>Applying a coating to food-contact surfaces like conveyor belts, rollers, and collection buckets could prevent cross-contamination between fresh produce, researchers report.</span></p>
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<p><span><a href="https://www.futurity.org/produce-cross-contamination-coating-2345462/" target="_blank">continue reading</a></span></p>
<p></p></div>Listeria in frozen vegetables: how to reduce riskshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/listeria-in-frozen-vegetables-how-to-reduce-risks2020-04-21T08:59:33.000Z2020-04-21T08:59:33.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p><span>EFSA has assessed the </span><a href="http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal/pub/6092">risks to public health from<em><span> </span>Listeria</em><span> </span>contamination</a><span> of vegetables that are blanched – scalded in hot water or steam for a short time – before they are frozen. They conclude that the risks associated with the consumption of these products is lower than for ready-to-eat foods such as smoked fish, cooked meat, sausages, pâté, soft cheese – which are usually associated with listeria contamination.</span></p>
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<p><span><a href="http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/listeria-frozen-vegetables-how-reduce-risks" target="_blank">continue reading</a></span></p></div>The public health risk posed by Listeria monocytogenes in frozen fruit and vegetables including herbs, blanched during processinhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-public-health-risk-posed-by-listeria-monocytogenes-in-frozen-2020-04-21T08:44:25.000Z2020-04-21T08:44:25.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p> </p>
<div class="t m0 x12 h8 y125 ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0">A multi-country outbreak of <span class="ff7">Listeria monocytogenes</span>ST6 that caused 53 cases and 10 deaths over</div>
<div class="t m0 x0 h8 y126 ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0">the period 2015<span class="ff8">–</span>2018, was linked in 2018 to frozen vegetables. The processing of such vegetables</div>
<div class="t m0 x0 h8 y127 ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0">included a blanching step before their freezing. The outbreak was detected using very speci<span class="ff9">fi</span>c</div>
<div class="t m0 x0 h8 y128 ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0">molecular analytical methods, facilitating the linkage between human and food isolates. Environmental</div>
<div class="t m0 x0 h8 y129 ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0">contamination of a freezing plant was indicated as the source of the persistence of the strain causing</div>
<div class="t m0 x0 h8 y12a ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0">the outbreak from 2015 until 2018.</div>
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<div class="t m0 x0 h8 y12a ff5 fs5 fc1 sc0 ls0 ws0"><a href="https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.6092" target="_blank">continue reading</a></div></div>FSDA crackdown on artificially coloured vegetableshttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/profiles/blogs/fsda-crackdown-on-artificially-coloured-vegetables2019-08-08T14:37:37.000Z2019-08-08T14:37:37.000Zsafefoodhttps://safefoodkn.ning.com/members/safefood<div><p>As part of a statewide drive against adulteration, Food Safety and Drug Administration (FSDA) and district administration officials raided vegetable markets and seized a good quantity of artificially coloured vegetables from vendors.</p>
<p>Officials raided vegetable markets in Udaiganj, Charbagh and Tedhipulia in Lucknow and collected more than a dozen samples.</p></div>