¡§Food Safety Focus¡¨ provides a channel of communication between the
Centre for Food Safety (CFS) and the general public. Its main objectives
are to arouse the awareness of the community on current food safety issues,
both local and overseas, as well as the actions undertaken by the CFS
in relation to these issues; to provide professional and easy-to-understand
information on various food hazards and their public health risks and
to promote food safety through enhancing communication with the food trade
and public.
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| Food Safety Focus (49th Issue, August 2010)NEW |
| ¡E Nitrate and Nitrite in Vegetables and Infant Feeding |
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| ¡E More about Nutrition Label |
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| ¡E Mercury in Canned Luncheon Meat |
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| Food Safety Focus (48th Issue, July 2010) |
| ¡E Food Colours and Hyperactivity in Children |
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| ¡E Nutrition Claims- A Quick Reference for Choosing Foods |
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| ¡E Bacillus cereus in Milk Drink |
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| ¡E Fungus in Sports Drinks |
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| Food Safety Focus (47th Issue, June 2010) |
| ¡E More about Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Food |
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| ¡E Nutrition Labelling and Public Health |
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| ¡E Soluble Coffee in Jars Susceptible to Breakage |
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| ¡E Scallop |
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| Food Safety Focus (46th Issue, May 2010) |
¡E Botulism and Vacuum Packed Food |
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¡E Steviol Glycosides - Sugar Substitutes from Herb |
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| ¡E Listeria Monocytogenes in Cocktail Sausages |
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| ¡E Volcanic Ash and Food Safety |
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| Food Safety Focus (45th Issue, April 2010) |
¡E Food Poisoning Outbreaks Related to Food Premises and Food Business in Hong Kong |
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¡E Neotame ¡V A Powerful and Safe Sweetener |
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| ¡E Immunocompromised Patients and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Hepatitis A and Semi-dried Tomatoes |
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| Food Safety Focus (44th Issue, March 2010) |
| ¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2009 |
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| ¡E Sugar Substitutes - Sweeteners |
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| ¡E Melamine in Milk Products |
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| ¡E Salmonella in Granola Bars |
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| Food Safety Focus (43rd Issue, February 2010) |
| ¡E Frozen Scallops and Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning |
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| ¡E Microwave Cooking and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Aluminium in Jellyfish |
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| ¡E Jellyfish |
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| Food Safety Focus (42nd Issue, January 2010) |
| ¡E Formaldehyde in Noodlefish |
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| ¡E Safety and Labelling of Irradiated Food |
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| ¡E Iodine and Soy Milk |
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| ¡E Seaweed |
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| Food Safety Focus (41st Issue, December 2009) |
| ¡E Hepatitis A Virus in Semi-dried Tomatoes |
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| ¡E Food Irradiation |
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| ¡E Bisphenol A in Canned Foods |
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| ¡E Nitrofurans in Abalone |
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| Food Safety Focus (40th Issue, November 2009) |
| ¡E Bacillus cereus in "Poon Choi" |
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| ¡E Food Processing Technology to Minimise Food Hazards |
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| ¡E Lead in Dried Plum |
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| ¡E Grass Carp |
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| Food Safety Focus (39th Issue, October 2009) |
| ¡E Ethyl Carbamate and Alcohol |
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| ¡E Organic Food Safety |
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| ¡E Health Issue of Disposable Tray Liner |
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| ¡E Hairy Crab |
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| Food Safety Focus (38th Issue, September 2009) |
| ¡E Pesticide Residues in Fruits |
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| ¡E Animal Cloning and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Cadmium in Brazil Mushroom |
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| ¡E Food Poisoning Outbreaks Related to Buffets |
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| Food Safety Focus (37th Issue, August 2009) |
| ¡E Boric Acid and Borax in Food |
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| ¡E Genetically Modified Food ¡V Antibiotic Resistance Marker Gene |
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| ¡E Mircobiological Quality of Ice-cream and Frozen Confections |
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| ¡E Melamine in Food |
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| Food Safety Focus (36th Issue, July 2009) |
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| ¡E Benzene in Soft Drinks |
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| ¡E Genetically Modified Food - Allergenicity and Safety Assessment |
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| ¡E Sudan Dyes in Food |
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| ¡E Methylmercury in Shark Fins |
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| Food Safety Focus (35th Issue, June 2009) |
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| ¡E Aluminium in Food |
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| ¡E Genetically Modified Food - An Overview |
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| ¡E Tea Leaves and Pesticides |
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| ¡E Non-food Grade Gelatin and Food Safety |
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| Food Safety Focus (34th Issue, May 2009) |
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| ¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2008 |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health - Sodium |
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| ¡E Human Swine Influenza (Influenza A/H1N1) and Consumption of Pork |
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| Food Safety Focus (33rd Issue, April 2009) |
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| ¡E Melamine-ware and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health - Cholesterol |
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| ¡E Benzoic Acid in Milk |
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| ¡E More on the Rapid Alert System |
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| Food Safety Focus (32nd Issue, March 2009) |
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| ¡E Food Safety and People with Lower Immunity |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health - Fats |
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| ¡E Oilfish and Diarrhoea |
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| ¡E The Addition of Osteoblast Milk Protein in Milk |
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| Food Safety Focus (31st Issue, February 2009) |
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| ¡E Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium in the United States Associated with Peanut Butter |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health - Carbohydrates: Sugars |
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| ¡E Red 2G in Melon Seeds and Chinese Sausage |
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| ¡E The Rapid Alert System ¡V A Rapid Means to Alert the Food Trade |
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| Food Safety Focus (30th Issue, January 2009) |
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| ¡E Dioxins in Irish Pork |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health - Carbohydrates: Starch and Dietary Fibre |
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| ¡E Benzoyl Peroxide in Flour |
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| Food Safety Focus (29th Issue, December 2008) |
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| ¡E Bacteria on Eggs - Should Eggs be Washed? |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health : Energy and Protein |
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| ¡E Strange Smell in Water Packaged in Plastic Bottles |
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| ¡E Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Bivalve Shellfish |
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| Food Safety Focus (28th Issue, November 2008) |
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| ¡E Enterobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula |
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| ¡E Nutrient and Health: Maintain Optimal Nutrient Intake |
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| ¡E Melamine Contamination in Eggs |
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| Food Safety Focus (27th Issue, October 2008) |
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| ¡E Melamine Tainted Milk and Milk Products |
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| ¡E Biological Hazard in Food - Parasites |
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| ¡E Desiccant and Food Safety |
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| Food Safety Focus (26th Issue, September 2008) |
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| ¡E Cadmium in Rice |
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| ¡E Biological Hazard in Food ¡V Viruses |
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| ¡E Coliform and Soft Ice-cream |
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| Food Safety Focus (25th Issue, August 2008) |
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| ¡E Nitrate in Food |
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| ¡E Biological Hazard in Food ¡V Pathogenic Bacteria (Part II) |
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| ¡E Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins and American Lobster Tomalley |
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| ¡E Salmonella and Hot Peppers |
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| Food Safety Focus (24th Issue, July 2008) |
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| ¡E Coliforms in Milk - Presence of Bad Bugs? |
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| ¡E Biological Hazards in Food - Pathogenic Bacteria (Part I) |
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| ¡E Salmonella and Tomato |
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| Food Safety Focus (23rd Issue, June 2008) |
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| ¡E Trans Fats - Part 2 |
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| ¡E Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food ¡V Food Safety Implication |
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| ¡E Vibrio vulnificus and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Clostridium botulinum and Pesto Sauce |
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| Food Safety Focus (22nd Issue, May 2008) |
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| ¡E Mercury in Fish and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Persistent Organic Pollutants in Food - An Overview |
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| ¡E Cantaloupes and Salmonella |
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| ¡E Watercress and Parasitic Infection |
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| Food Safety Focus (21th Issue, April 2008) |
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| ¡E The Troublemaker in Gravies: Clostridium perfringens and food poisoning |
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| ¡E Pesticide Residues in Food (Part III) |
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| ¡E Arsenic in Pear Juice |
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| ¡E Aflatoxins in Peanut Products |
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| Food Safety Focus (20th Issue, March 2008) |
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| ¡E Review of Food Incidents in 2007 |
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| ¡E Pesticide Residues in Food (Part II) |
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| ¡E Petroleum Products in Salmon |
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| ¡E Disposable Food Containers and Their Safety |
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| Food Safety Focus (19th Issue, February 2008) |
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| ¡E Cyanide Poisoning and Cassava |
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| ¡E Pesticide Residues in Food (Part I) |
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| ¡E Methamidophos and Dumplings |
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| ¡E Scombroid Fish Poisoning |
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| Food Safety Focus (18th Issue, January 2008) |
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| ¡E Heavy Metals in Dried Oysters |
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| ¡E Mercury and Food Safety |
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| ¡E Bromate in Food |
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| ¡E Nitrofuran, Malachite Green and Canned Pork Products |
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| Food Safety Focus (17th Issue, December 2007) |
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¡E Sulphur Dioxide in Meat |
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¡E Arsenic and Food Safety |
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¡E Salmonella in Seed Products |
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¡E Listeria monocytogenes and Mussels |
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| Food Safety Focus (16th Issue, November 2007) |
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¡E Trans Fats in Foods |
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¡E Cadmium and Food Safety |
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¡E Metal Pieces Found in Yoghurt |
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¡E Scorpion Stings and Langsat |
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| Food Safety Focus (15th Issue, October 2007) |
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¡E Preservatives in Dried Fruits and Pickled Vegetables |
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¡E Lead Exposure in Our Everyday Life |
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¡E Avian Influenza Viruses and Food Safety |
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¡E Enterobacter sakazakii in Powdered Infant Formula |
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| Food Safety Focus (14th Issue, September 2007) |
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¡E Leanness-enhancing Agents in Pork |
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¡E Overview of Metallic Contaminants in Food |
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¡E Organic Contaminants in Local Mussels |
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¡E Shigella in Baby Carrots
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| Food Safety Focus (13th Issue, August 2007) |
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¡E Foodborne Botulism |
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¡E Natural Toxins in Food Plants |
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¡E Salmonella in Snacks |
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¡E Formaldehyde in Creamy Candies
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| Food Safety Focus (12th Issue, July 2007) |
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¡E Listeria monocytogenes and its Control |
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¡E Natural Toxic Substances in Seafood |
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¡E Sudan Dye in Rice Dumplings |
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¡E Copper Sulphate and Wrapping Leaves for Rice Dumplings
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Food Safety Focus (11th Issue, June 2007)
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¡E Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning |
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¡E An Overview of Natural Toxins in Food |
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¡E Food Poisoning Caused by Wild Mushrooms |
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¡E Contamination of Animal Feed with Melamine and Food Safety
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| Food Safety Focus (10th Issue, May 2007) |
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¡E Arsenic in Food |
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¡E Food Additives: Safety and Hazards |
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¡E Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Toxins in Scallops |
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¡E E. coli O157:H7 in Meat Products
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| Food Safety Focus (9th Issue, April 2007) |
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¡E Tetrodotoxin Poisoning |
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¡E Allergens in Food |
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¡E Patients Suffering from Kidney Diseases Should Refrain from Eating Star Fruit |
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¡E Poisoning Caused by Grass Carp Gall Bladder
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| Food Safety Focus (8th Issue, March 2007) |
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¡E Listeria monocytogenes in Food |
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¡E Sweeteners in Food |
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¡E Cadmium in Oysters |
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¡E Safety of Basil Seeds
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| Food Safety Focus (7th Issue, February 2007) |
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¡E Oilfish Consumption and Oily Diarrhoea |
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¡E Colouring Matter in Food |
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¡E DDT Residues and Food Safety |
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¡E Listeria and Individuals at Risk
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| Food Safety Focus (6th Issue, January 2007) |
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¡E Formaldehyde in Food |
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¡E Preservatives in Food |
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¡E Vitamin K: A Brief Encounter |
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¡E Stevioside Used as Sweetener in Food
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| Food Safety Focus (5th Issue, December 2006) |
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¡E Sudan Dyes in Food |
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¡E Chemicals in Food: Overview of Food Additives |
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¡E Nitrofurans Residues Found in Marine Fish |
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¡E Malachite Green Found in Freshwater Fish
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| Food Safety Focus (4th Issue, November 2006) |
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¡E CFS Investigated Food Poisoning Cases Related to Raw Oysters from the Same Supplier |
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¡E Overview of Chemical Hazards |
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¡E Botulism and Pasteurized Carrot Juice
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| Food Safety Focus (3rd Issue, October 2006) |
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¡E E. coli O157:H7 Outbreak Associated with Bagged Fresh Spinach in the US |
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¡E Overview of Biological Hazards |
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¡E Arsenic in Fish |
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¡E Mercury in Seafood
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| Food Safety Focus (2nd Issue, September 2006) |
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¡E Endosulfan Detected in Eels Exported to Japan from Mainland China |
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¡E Hazard and Risk in Food Safety (Part II) |
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¡E Danger of Eating Raw or Undercooked Freshwater Animals |
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¡E What Constitutes an Incident/Food Safety Case?
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| Food Safety Focus (1st Issue, August 2006) |
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¡E Recall of Salmonella Contaminated Chocolate Products in the United Kingdom |
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¡E Hazard and Risk in Food Safety (Part I) |
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¡E Food Poisoning Cases Traced to Raw Sea Urchins from the Same Supplier |
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¡E New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) advised the public not to consume uncooked oysters imported from Korea |
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