<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title><![CDATA[News]]></title><subtitle><![CDATA[This page lists changes to the News section of the FoodSafety website.]]></subtitle><link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/feeds/news.xml" rel="self" /><link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/news/" /><updated>2013-05-17T00:00:00+12:00</updated><id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/news/</id><author>	<name>MPI Food Safety</name>	<email>web-services@mpi.govt.nz</email>	<uri>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/</uri></author> <entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ More Listeria workshops ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/listeria-prevention-is-better-than-cure.pdf#951"></link>
  <updated>2013-05-17T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ MPI and NZIFST are holding a second series of implementation workshops with manufacturers of ready-to-eat foods in June 2013. The workshops support the publication of the MPI reference material “Guidance for the control of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods”. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/listeria-prevention-is-better-than-cure.pdf#951</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ MPI swoops on suspected illegal poultry operation ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/mpi-swoops-on-suspected-illegal-poultry-operation.htm#942"></link>
  <updated>2013-05-03T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) Investigators have executed search warrants at two premises in the Flat Bush area in Manukau, Auckland believed to be involved in an illegal poultry operation. The properties were identified as being used by a ring involved in the illegal killing and processing of poultry and eggs on a commercial scale, in breach of the Animal Products Act 1999.  ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/mpi-swoops-on-suspected-illegal-poultry-operation.htm#942</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ MPI Workshops: Listeria - Prevention is Better Than Cure ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/listeria-prevention-is-better-than-cure.pdf#918"></link>
  <updated>2013-03-25T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ April & July Listeria Workshops - There is no cost associated with attending the workshops however spaces are limited and registrations will not be accepted on the day.  ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/listeria-prevention-is-better-than-cure.pdf#918</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Dry summer prompts honey caution ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/dry-summer-prompts-honey-caution.htm#913"></link>
  <updated>2013-03-14T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ As the long, dry summer continues, MPI is warning that drought conditions in some parts of the country could lead to higher than usual levels of tutin in honey. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/dry-summer-prompts-honey-caution.htm#913</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ More variety on the cheese platter ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/variety-cheese-platter.htm#895"></link>
  <updated>2013-02-26T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ As New Zealand’s big cheeses honour their industry’s best at the Cuisine Cheese Awards tonight, they can also celebrate the country’s first registered producer of raw milk cheeses. Just prior to Christmas MPI gave approval for Aroha Organic Goat Cheese to start commercial production of their raw milk Goudas.  ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/variety-cheese-platter.htm#895</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Listeria concern prompts precautionary cheese recall ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/listeria-prompts-precautionary-cheese-recall.htm#864"></link>
  <updated>2013-01-25T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ MPI is overseeing the recall of imported cheeses from an Australian manufacturer whose products have caused an outbreak of the illness listeriosis in Australia. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/listeria-prompts-precautionary-cheese-recall.htm#864</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/codex-committee-food-hygeine.pdf#860"></link>
  <updated>2013-01-24T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Links to documents added. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/codex-committee-food-hygeine.pdf#860</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Careless chemical handling proves costly ]]></title>
  <link href="http://foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/careless-chemical-handling-proves-costly.htm#858"></link>
  <updated>2013-01-22T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Serving moss and mould remover instead of a soft drink has proved costly for the Avondale RSA and one of its cleaners in a case brought by MPI. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/careless-chemical-handling-proves-costly.htm#858</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Animal Products (National Microbiological Database Specifications) Notice 2012 ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/animal-products-national-nmd/nmd-notice-amended-includes-schedule-2012.pdf#831"></link>
  <updated>2013-01-09T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ NMD Notice 2012 incorporates earlier amendments to the specifications, introduces new CPT limits and removes E. coli testing from the poultry NMD programme. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/animal-products-national-nmd/nmd-notice-amended-includes-schedule-2012.pdf#831</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Publication of Guidance on the Control of Listeria monocytogenes for Ready-to-Eat foods ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/science-risk/programmes/hazard-risk-management/listeria.htm#827"></link>
  <updated>2012-12-21T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ Listeria guidance material<br>This material provides information on the characteristics of Listeria, the sources, the consequences of food contamination and how it may enter the processing environment. It also provides guidance material on the management and control of Listeria including specific good operating practices, microbiological testing and responses when L. monocytogenes is detected in the product or processing area.<br> ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/science-risk/programmes/hazard-risk-management/listeria.htm#827</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Follow shellfish warnings and save lives ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/shellfish-warnings-save-lives.htm#826"></link>
  <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ People are risking their lives when they take and eat shellfish from areas where warnings are in place, MPI warns. With algal blooms occurring on both coasts of the North Island causing some shellfish to become poisonous, MPI Principal Adviser Animal Products Jim Sim says it is vital that people heed warnings. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/shellfish-warnings-save-lives.htm#826</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Food recall after Salmonella found in tahini ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/recall-salmonella-tahini.htm#819"></link>
  <updated>2012-12-18T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ MPI is overseeing the recall of Salmonella contaminated tahini and urges people to dispose of any affected product they may have. The recalled product is 1000gr and 600gr retail packs of Gesas brand tahini (tahin) with an expiry date of June 2014. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/recall-salmonella-tahini.htm#819</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ NZ food safety recognition by United States "momentous" ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-resources/news/nz-food-safety-recognition#807"></link>
  <updated>2012-12-14T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ New Zealand this week became the first country in the world to sign an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that recognises each other’s food safety systems as providing a comparable degree of food safety assurance.  The systems recognition agreement was signed at a meeting in Washington DC by delegations from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and FDA. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-resources/news/nz-food-safety-recognition#807</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ News and Views October 2012 ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/news-views-october-2012.pdf#780"></link>
  <updated>2012-11-01T00:00:00+13:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ The October issue of News and Views is now available. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/news-views-october-2012.pdf#780</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Agencies move to stop unlawful exports of infant formula ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/unlawful-exports-infant-formula.htm#757"></link>
  <updated>2012-09-28T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ MPI and New Zealand Customs Service (Customs) has begun action to stop unlawful exports of infant formula from New Zealand. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/unlawful-exports-infant-formula.htm#757</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ News - More good news on agricultural chemical good practice ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/more-good-news-on-agricultural-chemical-good-practice.htm#732"></link>
  <updated>2012-08-20T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ New residue testing indicates that growers are following good agricultural practice (GAP) in how they use pesticides, the Ministry for Primary Industries said today. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/more-good-news-on-agricultural-chemical-good-practice.htm#732</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Food recall issued after Listeria detected - reminder ]]></title>
  <link href="http://foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/food-recall-listeria-detected-reminder.htm#711"></link>
  <updated>2012-08-03T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding people of the nationwide voluntary recall of some ready-to-eat meat products manufactured by Bay Cuisine. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/food-recall-listeria-detected-reminder.htm#711</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Food recall issued after Listeria detected ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/food-recall-listeria-detected.htm#699"></link>
  <updated>2012-07-19T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has overseen Hawke’s Bay company Bay Cuisine’s voluntary recall of ready-to-eat meat products after Listeria was detected. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/food-recall-listeria-detected.htm#699</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ July Food Connect ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/2012-July-Food-Connect.pdf#688"></link>
  <updated>2012-07-06T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ The July issue of Food Connect - MPI's food safety e-newsletter - is now available on our website. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/2012-July-Food-Connect.pdf#688</id>
</entry>


<entry>
  <title><![CDATA[ Fortification of Bread with Folic Acid ]]></title>
  <link href="http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/fortification-bread-folic-acid/index.htm#637"></link>
  <updated>2012-05-22T00:00:00+12:00</updated>
  <summary type="html"><![CDATA[ The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) today released a discussion paper on options for the future of the Standard on fortifying bread with folic acid in New Zealand. The discussion paper outlines four options for discussion that range from mandatory fortification of most breads from 30 September 2012, to providing for voluntary fortification indefinitely. ]]></summary>
  <id>http://www.foodsafety.govt.nz/elibrary/industry/fortification-bread-folic-acid/index.htm#637</id>
</entry>


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