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Food News
Sydney CBD street eateries hit with $30,000 in food safety fines
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
The NSW Government is putting the spotlight on some of the most recent Sydney CBD eateries that have been prosecuted after breaching food safety laws.... Read article
Food For Thought
Friday, 13 August 2010
How student chefs are making a good impression with seniors... Read article
Food policy must be on election menu - AFGC
Thursday, 29 July 2010
Neither major political party has a policy on something that affects every Australian, every day - food and groceries, the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) said today... Read article
Nano-scale Additives Fight Food Pathogens
Monday, 26 July 2010
CHICAGO. Nano products are all the rage, even in food science. Here, at the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting, on July 18, scientists described dramatic success in fighting food-poisoning bacteria by doctoring foods or their packaging with microbe-killing nanoparticles – sometimes along with natural anti-bacterial agents.... Read article
NSW SCORES ON DOORS TRIAL BEGINS
Monday, 5 July 2010
he six-month trial of the Scores on Doors foodservice safety and hygiene rating system has begun, with 20 local NSW Councils taking part.... Read article
Food Standards News - Winter Edition
Friday, 25 June 2010
The Winter edition of Food Standards News is now available ... Read article
Contamination warning on Lake Tuross seafood
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
A warning has been issued for seafood from Lake Tuross on NSW’s south coast after what is believed to be creosote oil, a wood preservative, was spilled in the lake.... Read article
Restaurant fined for car park food prep
Thursday, 17 June 2010
A Canberra restaurant has been closed and its owner fined $1500 after it was discovered that food was being prepared in the car park behind the restaurant.... Read article
Would you like a cockroach with that?
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
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Hidden cameras show poor food safety
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
A study from North Carolina State University has revealed that, even in kitchens that believe they are operating well, food safety violations are commonplace.... Read article
McDonalds recalls cadmium-contaminated promotional glasses
Monday, 7 June 2010
McDonalds has recalled 12 million promotional drinking glasses across the United States after the US Consumer Product Safety Commission warned consumers that the glasses contained cadmium... Read article
NSW Govt moves to put nutritional info in menus
Friday, 28 May 2010
The NSW Government has announced its support for a national requirement for fast-food chains to publish detailed nutritional information on their products as part of their menus.... Read article
Reformulated Bonsoy soy milk without kombu seaweed to return to shelves
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Food and Health authorities today confirmed that Bonsoy soy milk, reformulated without kombu seaweed extract, could return to sale.... Read article
Food Standards News - Autumn Edition
Monday, 29 March 2010
The Autumn edition of Food Standards News is now available... Read article
Amazing Restaurant Inspections - VIDEO
Monday, 22 March 2010
TRUE health inspection violations from inspectors around the USA. From mice in the marinade to lettuce fished out of the garbage. www.healthinspections.com... Read article
Body of Lizard Found in Chicken Egg
Friday, 19 March 2010
A MAN got the shock of his life when he went to crack an egg for dinner - and found a fully formed gecko inside the shell.... Read article
Burger bug: Eatery closes as salmonella cases flood health services
Friday, 19 March 2010
ALMOST 100 salmonella cases are now under investigation as the Dean Street eatery at the centre of the outbreak yesterday closed its doors.... Read article
