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Can Foodborne Illness Increase your Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a disorder that is associated with abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhoea or constipation or both. Foodborne illnesses caused by bacteria increase the risk of developing IBS. This is yet another reason to be cautious when

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Food Safety over the Holidays

Naturally this time of the year is one filled with celebrations and eating but it is also the time of year when the most number of food poisoning cases are reported and this is no coincidence. There are many holiday

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How Safe are Leftovers?

As we get closer to Christmas most of us are already busy planning what that Christmas day meal will entail. For most of us it is a day of excess where we make enough food to last us weeks, but

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Experts Explain which Foods are most prone to Food Poisoning

Australian food safety experts have recently issued a warning to Australians about foods that they need to be cautious of when it comes to food poisoning and it isn’t just the foods that automatically come to mind when we think

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Bendigo Restaurant Accused of 25 Food Safety Breaches

It is quite shocking to think that one venue in Bendigo has been accused and convicted of a staggering 25 food safety breaches. This was the third incident of this nature this year and most of them related to generally

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Consumers Say Food Safety more Important than Price

Research done by research organisation Roy Morgan shows that food safety is more important to customers than other factors like the supermarket’s proximity to their home, product range or prices. In fact 57 per cent of grocery buyers over the

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Aussie Consumers Ignoring Food Safety Advice

A food safety warning to all consumers in Oz, always be vigilant to food safety. This sadly is not being adhered to in Oz according to a survey which forms part of Australian Food Safety Week. Apparently in Oz few

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Brisbane Salmonella Outbreak leaves 220 ill and one dead

Australia’s food industry is one of the best in the world, with some of the most stringent food handling and food safety regulations so when we hear about serious food poisoning incidents that sickening hundreds and even claim lives it

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Value of a Food Thermometer

A common mistake made by home cooks is eating/serving food, particularly meat products that are not properly cooked. While this may be alright when eating things like steak, sometimes eating food that is still raw can be dangerous especially food

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Humans not the only One affected by Food Poisoning

When we think of food poisoning we always associate it with human infections, we never consider that our pets may also be at risk. At the moment there is a food poisoning outbreak involving dogs taking place in the USA

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