Tagged: Food Safety
News (23)
NewsIndonesia's KKP lines up village fish farms to supply free meals programme under farming certification push
The fisheries ministry wants farmed fish from thematic aquaculture villages to meet food safety standards so they can supply kitchens under the Free Nutritious Meals programme.
NewsHanoi plans 28 centralised slaughterhouses to tighten control over meat supply
Hanoi has approved a network of 28 centralised livestock and poultry slaughterhouses as it moves to phase out the small-scale, manual plants that make up about 95% of its facilities.
NewsHanoi pilots traceability system for pork and poultry supply chains
The Hanoi People's Committee has approved a pilot food safety and traceability system for livestock and poultry meat, with pork as the priority chain.
NewsVietnam's Ho Chi Minh City orders supply chain crackdown after 10,000 tonnes of salbutamol-tainted pork found
The city orders feed and veterinary drug sampling, checkpoints at its gateways and a review of quarantine certificates after police uncover a salbutamol ring.
News76% of Salmonella from Metro Manila retail chicken are multidrug-resistant, Philippine study finds
DOST-FNRI researchers found 94.7% of isolates resistant to at least one antibiotic class, with the highest resistance to ampicillin and streptomycin.
NewsVietnam's Dong Nai police bust ring that sold 400 tonnes of meat from sick and dead pigs
Nine suspects have been charged after investigators seized about seven tonnes of pork contaminated with African swine fever virus.
NewsThai authorities seize 5 tonnes of suspected smuggled pork intestines from China in Bangkok
Police and livestock officials found 36 barrels of salted pork intestines worth THB504,000 at a warehouse supplying restaurants.
NewsVietnam tightens salbutamol testing of pigs at slaughterhouses after Dong Nai banned-substance case
Hanoi is urine-testing pig batches for lean-meat agents, while new fines of up to VND100 million apply to feed containing banned substances.
NewsJBT Marel launches SensorX Xpress software to lift poultry bone-detection capacity by up to 20%
The new X-ray image-processing algorithm lets processors run inspection lines faster without adding equipment, and is designed to be compatible with earlier SensorX generations.
NewsNine charged in Ho Chi Minh City salbutamol pig fattening case as 10,000 tonnes of tainted pork reach market
Ho Chi Minh City police have prosecuted nine suspects over the use of banned salbutamol to fatten pigs, with an estimated 10,000 tonnes of contaminated pork sold on.
NewsCambodia orders border crackdown on expired frozen pork entering through Laos
Officials say product that expired nearly a year earlier reached the market carrying Lao-language packaging after transshipment.
NewsStudy finds high antimicrobial residue levels in chicken meat across Bangladesh, India and Vietnam
Researchers screened 558 chicken samples for 69 veterinary antimicrobials and found non-compliance rates 50 to 100 times higher than in the EU, prompting calls for stronger residue surveillance.
NewsCambodia livestock association calls for crackdown on smuggled pork, eggs and chicks as disease and price risks mount
CLRA president Srun Pov warned that unregulated imports are undermining farmgate prices, raising ASF and FMD transmission risks, and could trigger oversupply if chick imports continue unchecked.
NewsVietnam's livestock exporters overhaul operations as China, EU, Japan and US tighten traceability and emissions rules
Producers including CP Vietnam and Mavin are investing in digital traceability, ESG reporting and integrated supply chains as technical barriers in key export markets raise the compliance threshold.
NewsStudy finds antibiotic residues above safe limits in poultry retail samples from Bangladesh, India and Vietnam
Between 3.7% and 8.6% of retail chicken samples from the three countries exceeded international safety thresholds, against a rate of just 0.05-0.09% in the EU during the same period.
NewsSeven pig-fattening farms in Vietnam's Dong Nai found using banned beta-agonist salbutamol
Authorities seized more than 4,100 pigs at facilities in Tri An, Dau Giay, and Hung Thinh following a week-long inspection from 28 July to 4 August 2026.
NewsBrazil races to avert EU animal product export ban as September 3 deadline approaches
Agriculture Minister André de Paula says Brazil is pursuing technical, diplomatic, and political channels to negotiate a transition period before EU antimicrobial rules take effect.
NewsVietnam's livestock sector shifts from volume to compliance as export markets tighten traceability and emissions rules
Export markets are raising the bar on traceability, antibiotic residue controls, and carbon footprint management, forcing Vietnam's livestock producers to restructure.
NewsVietnam authorities to destroy 201 pigs seized on route from Dong Nai to Ho Chi Minh City after Salbutamol found
The Ho Chi Minh City Sub-Department of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine is completing case files for transfer to police after rapid tests confirmed the banned growth-promoting substance in two consignments carrying valid quarantine certificates.
NewsUS poultry firm recalls nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs over Salmonella Enteritidis contamination risk
No illnesses had been reported as of the announcement, and the producer has halted egg distribution from its Texas farms pending investigation.
NewsSaudi Arabia lifts shrimp import suspension on Indonesia after Cs-137 contamination controls verified
The ban, triggered by a US FDA alert over Cesium-137 traces detected in October 2025, was formally lifted on 24 May 2026 following an on-site inspection by US FDA that confirmed the effectiveness of Indonesia's corrective measures.
NewsVietnam's Hanoi shuts 273 small slaughterhouses as city pushes toward industrial-scale meat processing
The city plans 27 centralised industrial facilities and four to six large processing complexes along its main development axes, with BAF Vietnam surveying a site for a large-scale export-oriented complex.
NewsVietnam ships first ready-to-eat eggs to Japan after two years of product development
VFood's maiden shipment to one of the world's most demanding food safety markets opens a potential export channel for Vietnam's poultry egg sector, which is facing domestic oversupply.
Tech Resources (3)
Tech ResourcesFood safety governance in China: From supervision to coregulation
Zhe Liu et al.
Tech ResourcesInternet of Things in food safety: Literature review and a bibliometric analysis
Y. Bouzembrak et al., Wageningen Food Safety Research
Tech ResourcesSafer post-harvest processing, proper storage and transport of broiler products to the retail markets
D. Biswas et al.