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May 14, 2015
A pregnant NSW woman has reportedly made a gruesome discovery when she took a bite of a Krispy Kreme doughnut only to find a cigarette butt cooked into the centre. A friend of the horrified woman took to social media about the shocking find and posted pictures of the alleged incident on the company’s Facebook page.
‘Earlier this afternoon I was with my friend whilst she was eating a Krispy Kreme donut, she took a bite into her donut and spat it back out, to fin…
May 12, 2015
Kraft Foods Group has recently announced that it is making a huge change the recipe of its iconic Macaroni and Cheese products. Taking a step away from synthetic ingredients, Mac & Cheese will no longer be made using artificial colours or preservatives. The company has announced that to achieve its signature colour, the products will instead be made using natural ingredients – turmeric, annatto and paprika.
Why the change?
By moving towards the use of natu…
May 7, 2015
A NSW Chinese restaurant has been fined $440 after a customer found a used band-aid in her laksa. The woman reported the sickening find to the NSW Food Authority who advised the Council of the Baulkham Hills restaurant.
“I’m so upset. I feel like I have been violated,” said the woman who dined at the restaurant last month. “I feel like someone stuck a needle in me since the band-aid went into my mouth. I still have the taste in my mouth and I’ve gargled. It’s j…
May 5, 2015
Cleaning up with kitchen wipes can cut the chance of getting food poisoning by an astonishing 99.2 per cent. According to a recent study, using antibacterial wipes doesn’t just help get rid of the bacteria already lurking on a surface; it also provides an antibacterial coating that can continue to disinfect.
Dr Gerardo Lopez from the University of Arizona tested the effects of antibacterial wipes on common bench materials such as, granite, tile and laminate. Th…
April 30, 2015
Leading dairy producer Parmalat has received a prevention notice from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after neighbours allegedly complained of putrid smells coming from the North Sydney factory.
It was reported that the complaints related to Parmalat’s Lidcombe processing plant have been made over the past two months. Residents who live close by are said to have likened the smells to sewage and sour milk.
Milk can be a smelly business
The EPA initia…
April 28, 2015
Rats sold as lamb, poisonous bottled water, repackaging rotting meat and storm-drain cooking oil are just some of the recent scandals that have forced China to finally overhaul the country’s food safety laws.
These shocking cases are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the food safety issues plaguing China’s food industries. Lack of regulation and poor sanitary conditions are just two of the many reasons that these horrendous food safety breaches conti…
April 23, 2015
Hogs Breath, well known for having a wide and varied menu, now even include the kitchen sink in their latest offerings! That’s according to a Brisbane customer who discovered a sink plug in her salad last weekend.
The horrified customer posted a picture of the image on the Aspley restaurant’s Facebook page where it was liked more than 2000 times before being removed.
When the incident was reported to staff at the restaurant they allegedly “thought it was funny…
April 22, 2015
What’s worse than finding a cockroach in your Big Mac? Finding a half eaten cockroach in your Big Mac.
That’s the unfortunate situation that Annah Sophia Stevenson from Blenheim, New Zealand, allegedly found herself in last weekend. Ms Stevenson says that she was eating the McDonalds burger at home when she thought she’d found some gristly meat. She removed the offending object from her mouth only to find it was a cockroach.
“I pulled it out and it was a bug –…
April 16, 2015
Patties frozen berries, analysed in viral and bacterial testing run by the company, have come back negative for both the Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) and E.coli. In a report releases by Patties, both recalled and non-recalled samples of Nanna’s berries showed no traces of the contaminators linked to the recent HAV outbreak scandal.
The company’s reputation seriously suffered after news of the apparent link between their berries and the HAV outbreak quickly spread ar…
April 15, 2015
Dangerous bacteria, responsible for countless food poisoning cases around Australia, has been found on more than half of the raw chicken tested by Channel Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA). As an affordable and versatile source of protein, chicken might be a great option for a meal, however it might not always be the safest.
The special investigation into chicken contamination which aired yesterday, saw eighteen samples of various raw chicken cuts purchased from Co…
April 9, 2015
A new initiative has been introduced in Brisbane aimed at persuading shoppers to buy local produce. The Brisbane’s Produce Market is supporting the new campaign that claims buying fresh local fruits, vegetables and other foods not only helps the local farmers but also benefits the consumer.
Following the Hepatitis A berry scandal, where the infected berries came from China, CEO of Brisbane Produce Market Andrew Young believes shoppers are becoming more concerne…
April 8, 2015
The importance of worldwide food safety was highlighted this week when the World Health Organisation (WHO) made it their annual focus for World Health Day. It comes hot the heels of new statistics released that show the high level of harmful threats posed by unsafe food all around the world.
The WHO believes there is a real need for a globally managed system focussed on food industry supply-chains. The system would be aimed at reducing the threats of harmful fo…
April 2, 2015
A Queensland coroner has found that the deaths of an Australian mother and daughter on holiday in Bali were caused by a severe allergic reaction.
Yvana Bischoff and her mother Noelene died early last year just 24 hours after arriving in Bali. The pair were enthusiastic and experienced travellers which made their deaths all the more shocking to family members.
Extremely rare bacteria to blame
Terry Ryan, the coroner responsible for the findings, believes the m…
April 1, 2015
Three young children were part of a family rushed to hospital after being served hot chocolate which had expired 25 years earlier. Two siblings and a friend, all aged between 8 and 12, were in Italy visiting grandparents when the incident took place.
The local health authority reported the incident to police who said the 77 year-old grandmother herself was the one to discover the apparent cause of the poisoning.
The food poisoning was so severe that one of the…
March 27, 2015
A woman in Queensland got more than she had bargained for out of her Woolworths purchase this month, when she found a snake sleeping in her bag of potatoes.
Lewina Stewart from Toowoomba, Queensland, noticed the unwelcome visitor among her vegetables as she was preparing to make a meal.She informed officials that she had bought the spuds from her local Woolworths on the 10th of March unaware of the free snake hidden within.
The shocked shopper quickly shared h…