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A bulletin for the Australian food industry

Note: from 2004 to 2007, the bulletin was published by the Australian Food Safety Centre of Excellence.

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1998

February 1998:
Maximum, safe food cooling times in food service situations | FDA approves irradiation of red meat | Monosodium glutamate revisited | Ochratoxin A in foods | AQIS Imported Food Inspection Program | Chlorine under challenge

May 1998:
Food hygiene standards | Hand drying and hygiene | Date marking of packed foods | Survival of salmonellae in orange juice | Irradiation of meat | Aflatoxin in peanuts | Food Regulation Review

August 1998:
Protozoan parasites in water and food | Infective dose of Salmonella in ice cream | Microbiological status of beef in Australia | Hygiene monitoring by ATP luminometry | Botulism associated with home preserved mushrooms | Quality system guidelines | Spoilage of low salt margarine

November 1998:
Listeria in food - is zero tolerance necessary? | Safe Food Production New South Wales (Safe Food) | Parasites in water supplies | Comparison of ATP luminometry systems | Foods produced using gene technology | Hand washing in the food service industry | Thank you

1997

March 1997:
How safe are fruit juices and acid foods? | Genetically modified soya | Foreign objects in foods.

June 1997:
Food poisoning and the regulatory response | Cutting boards - is plastic better than wood? | Hygiene monitoring by ATP luminometry | AQIS Director defends food inspection system | Cheese from unpasteurised milk banned | Oysters and Hepatitis A | Farmers seek compensation over chemical residue in meat | Australian Smallgoods Food Safety Guidelines.

September 1997:
Training and national food hygiene legislation | ANZFA draft standard on food additives | Unusual chemical poisoning incident | Chlorfluazuron (CFZ) residues in meat | Hepatitis A transmission by foods | Garibaldi charges dropped | Cheese from unpasteurised milk | Date marking of processed foods for export | Fungi and food spoilage

November 1997:
Food Science Australia | Hand drying and hygiene | BSE and humans | Food regulation review | Cadmium in foods | Microbiological criteria for foods | New regulation for gene technology

1996

February 1996:
Challenge testing | Single Australia New Zealand Food Authority | South Australian food poisoning inquest completed | Food hygiene and temperature control | Airborne microorganisms in food processing operations | Recall of mineral water in Japan | Food poisoning from hot potato chips | CSIRO signs deal with Itochu | Listeriosis.

May 1996:
Salmonella from unexpected sources | BSE: an update | HACCP and national food hygiene legislation | Victorian food hygiene project | Campylobacter food infection | Australian meat standards | Food irradiation | Tainting: always a potential problem.

September 1996:
Salmonella: more unusual incidents | Ciguatera poisoning | Phthalates in foods | Ozone treatment of mineral water | Effective sanitation programs | Thermal processing of foods | Transfer of allergens in genetic manipulation of foods | National food hygiene standards.

December 1996:
Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli outbreak in Japan | Cross-contamination and EHEC | Repercussions from food poisoning incidents | Statistical methods and food safety | National food hygiene standard | Botulism linked to cheese.

1995

March 1995:
Raw materials - the impact of biotechnology on food crops | New labelling requirements for cheese | Chlorine and drinking water | Safe food handling | Self-serve salad bars

May 1995:
Special issue on Mettwurst and Escherichia coli O111

June 1995:
Regulation of the production of uncooked, fermented meat products | Cadmium levels in Australian food | Nutrient claims | Biotechnology of food crops | Science and our food | Preservation of vegetables in oil and vinegar.

October 1995:
Raw-milk cheese and listeriosis | Food additives in Japan | Exporting to Korea | Australian and New Zealand food standards to merge | Safe food handling - HACCP | Modified atmosphere packaging.


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