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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 17h

Delhi cloud seeding fails as city covered in thick smog www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

Delhi cloud seeding fails as city covered in thick smog

Thick smog blanketed New Delhi on Thursday, a day after authorities failed cloud seeding to clear the air.

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 22h

Clostridium perfringens sickens 19 in Wales www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/clos...

Clostridium perfringens sickens 19 in Wales

Almost 20 confirmed cases of food poisoning have been linked to food served at a restaurant in Wales. Results show that 19 people tested positive for

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 1d

Bird flu remains active in cheese made from raw milk for 120 days www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/bird...

Bird flu remains active in cheese made from raw milk for 120 days

Infectious H5N1 avian influenza virus can persist in raw-milk cheeses while they are being made and for up to 120 days of aging, depending on the milk's

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 1d

US: E. coli Outbreak linked to Washington Cheese www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/e-co...

E. coli Outbreak linked to Washington Cheese

Washington State Department of Health is working with local, state, Oregon Health Authority and federal public health partners to investigate Shiga

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 2d

US: Company recalls 2 million pounds of barbecue pork jerky that may contain metal wire www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

Company recalls 2 million pounds of barbecue pork jerky that may contain metal wire | CNN Business

A South Dakota company is recalling more than 2.2 million pounds (998,000 kilograms) of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with…

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 2d

‘Sycophantic’ AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, study shows www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Sycophantic’ AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, study shows

Scientists warn of ‘insidious risks’ of increasingly popular technology that affirms even harmful behaviour

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 3d

German E. coli Outbreak sickens 255

As of October 2025, the German Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and public health officials have confirmed an E. coli O45:H2 outbreak that has sickened

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 3d

Autumn colours...

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 4d

E. coli O103 as an adulterant in Cheese and other foods

According to Washington State Health, two Whatcom County residents are known to have been sickened by cheese tainted with E. coli O103, and test results

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 4d

Bees are loving the snowberries....

Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 5d

Campylobacter and E. coli infections rise in Ireland www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/camp...

Campylobacter and E. coli infections rise in Ireland

Campylobacter cases continued to rise in Ireland, but Listeria and Salmonella rates were stable, according to recently released data. Figures come from a

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 5d

More yarnbombing....

Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 6d

Salmonella in tomatoes continues to sicken people in the U.S. and Europe www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/salm...

Salmonella in tomatoes continues to sicken people in the U.S. and Europe

A multi-year Salmonella outbreak has resulted in more than 400 people in 17 countries falling sick. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 6d

Nature is amazing...

Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 7d

Analysis finds problems with Austria’s foodborne outbreak data collection www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/anal...

Analysis finds problems with Austria’s foodborne outbreak data collection

An analysis of foodborne outbreak data collection in Austria has found issues with completeness and consistency. A report published by the European Food

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 7d

Norway told to improve fruit and vegetable controls www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/norw...

Norway told to improve fruit and vegetable controls

Findings from an audit in Norway show the country has a functional official control system for produce but there are several weaknesses. Norway is part of

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 8d

Dunnes Stores recalls desiccated coconut products because they may contain pieces of green plastic www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/...

Dunnes Stores recalls desiccated coconut products because they may contain pieces of green plastic

News and alerts

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 8d

Truffle samples positive for Listeria in Swedish outbreak www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/truf...

Truffle samples positive for Listeria in Swedish outbreak

Investigations into an outbreak in Sweden have uncovered truffle samples positive for Listeria. After receiving results from samples taken at

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 9d

Iraq: Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025...

Photos: Water salinity hurting farmers, livestock in Iraq

Rising water salinity devastates farms and drives displacement in southern provinces.

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 9d

October and we still have lots of flowers around..

Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 10d

Pizza Hut to close 68 UK restaurants with the loss of 1,210 jobs www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pizza Hut to close 68 UK restaurants

The move will lead to more than 1,200 redundancies, but 64 other restaurants will be saved.

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 10d

Wow... nature is amazing..

Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 11d

Penguin and Club bars can no longer be called chocolate www.bbc.com/news/article...

Penguin and Club bars can no longer be described as chocolate

The rising cost of cocoa has led to the manufacturers changing their recipe.

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 11d

WHO delays release of foodborne disease estimates until 2026

WHO delays release of foodborne disease estimates

The World Health Organization (WHO) has delayed the publication of new foodborne disease figures until 2026. WHO said although the report was initially

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Louise Manning @louisemanning.bsky.social · 12d

Bird flu remains active in cheese made from raw milk for 120 days www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/10/bird...

Bird flu remains active in cheese made from raw milk for 120 days

Infectious H5N1 avian influenza virus can persist in raw-milk cheeses while they are being made and for up to 120 days of aging, depending on the milk's

www.foodsafetynews.com