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Food safety, general

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Latest issue included here: November 2008

• Risks in food – perceptions and reality, p12, April 2004

- Myths, misinformation and urban legends

• Cockles and mussels, alive, alive O!, p13, April 2004

- Development of a standard to protect shellfish consumers

• Safe eating in pregnancy, p14, April 2004

- Advice from Food Safety in pregnancy booklet

• Life and death in a bite, p24, April 2004

- Managing the risks from food allergens

• Food Safety Advisory Board hits town, p24, April 2004

- Board members announced

• What’s in a recall?, p14-15, September, 2004

- Role of NZFSA in recall process

• The impossible dream, p16, September, 2004

- Consumers demand safe food

• Kiwis make their mark at food safety conference, p20, September, 2004

- Malaysian food safety conference

• Passing the (iodised) salt, p4, May 2005

- Iodine deficiency among New Zealanders is making a comeback

• Pill-pack sweets anger dad, p6, May 2005

- Sweets packaged in medicine-style blister packs

• Caffeine study a wake-up call, p6, May 2005

- NZFSA-commissioned study on fizzy drinks

• UK recall prompts action, p13, May 2005

- Sudan 1 dye recall

• Cutting the cost of pesticides, p7, August 2005

- John Reeve on OECD working group on pesticides

• Half of all Kiwis worried about food, p24, November 2005

- Survey on perceptions of food safety

• Pasteurisation: back to the future, p7, February 2006

- Reassessing the methods behind pasteurisation

• Animal traceability, p6, November 2005

- Why it’s not a food safety issue

• True Colours, p14-15, February 2006

- NZFSA publishes latest ESR research

• Teaming up with allergens, p10, May 2006

- NZFSA working group set up/Manufactured food database

• Food safety template trialled, p19, May 2006

• The facts about MSG, p26, May 2006

- New NZFSA factsheet

• Apricot kernel warning, p26, May 2006

- NZFSA press release on naturally occurring toxins

• NZFSA chairs interdepartmental group on allergens, p17, August 2006

- NZFSA sets up IGA

• Survey drives benzene concerns away, p24, August 2006

- FSANZ survey on benzene levels in soft drinks

• The magical world of food safety, p10-11, November 2006

- I/v with Frank Yiannas, director of safety and health at Walt Disney World

• Chilly bags are a cool way to shop, p19, February 2007

- Results of survey into meat temperatures

• The gloves are off, p26, February 2007

- Fact sheet on glove use in food industry

• Just say (raw milk) cheese, p4, May 2007

- Raw milk cheeses will soon be Imported and produced in New Zealand

• Trans fats under attack, p13, May 2007

- Review of trans fatty acids levels in New Zealand

• Gelatine restriction removed, p21, May 2007

- Change to import restrictions on gelatine

• Is food from cloned animals safe to eat? , p23, May 2007

- NZFSA position on safety of food from cloned animals

• Labelling or advertising – spot the difference, p26, August 2007

- What should be on food labels

• Catering for allergies, p18, August 2007

- Managing allergens in a food business

• Selling meat at market stalls, p22, August 2007

- New guidelines for TAs to help keep meat and meat products safe at markets

• Feeding food waste to pigs, p21, August 2007

- Guidance on feeding food waste to pigs

• Lowering trans fatty acids in fast foods, p11, November 2007

- Quick-service restaurants taking initiatives to reduce TFAs

• Sweet nothings, p13, November 2007

- The facts around aspartame

• Let’s put food risks in perspective, p12, February 2008

- Assessing the risks of food rather than scaremongering

• Millions of days lost to gastrointestinal illnesses, p18, February 2008

- Major study shows where and how much self-reported AGI there is in NZ

• Lifting the lid on cans, p10, May 2008

- Making sure canned food is safe to eat

• New programme for Marae food safety, p12, May 2008

- Guidance material provided for Marae

• Modified atmosphere packaging of food, p20, May 2008

- Packaging that can extend the shelf life of food in supermarkets

• Microwaving food safely, p5, August, 2008

- Tips for safely cooking food in microwaves

• More variety on the cheese platter, p14, August, 2008

- Managing risks around allowing raw milk cheeses in New Zealand

• Always read the labels, p23, August, 2008

- Safe chemical use relies on label instructions

• Don’t let plastics take the wrap, p24, August, 2008

- Safety standards around plastic food packaging

• Colour-coded chopping boards, p8, November 2008

- Using coloured chopping boards to prevent cross-contamination

• Let’s go al fresco!, p12, November 2008

- Tips for BBQ and picnic food safety

• Making food safety a winner at Rugby World Cup 2011, p19, November 2008

- Setting food standards at a major hospitality event

• Mercury in fish, p24, November 2008

- Limiting exposure to mercury by choosing safer fish species