Safefood 360° RISK Assessment Tool Report:
March 2023
131 food safety alerts have been reported globally, indicating a 73% decrease from March 2022 (488 alerts).
The number of food safety alerts in the previous six months
Oct 2022: 366 cases
Nov 2022: 376 cases
Dec 2022: 351 cases
Jan 2023: 316 cases
Feb 2023: 384 cases
Mar 2023: 131 cases
What is the Safefood 360° RISK Assessment Tool?
Safefood 360° RISK is a standalone solution that provides entry-level, line-of-sight risk analysis using big data sources to gain an exact measure of risk in the supply chain, scan for potential risk trends, and provide valuable input into the development of local HACCP and PCP plans. It is specifically designed for food safety managers and auditors, bringing world-class risk assessment capabilities directly into the food business – enabling
food safety practitioners to source and use risk data in a comprehensive format.
For more information, please watch our on-demand webinar about RISK.
Why do we need the Safefood 360° RISK Assessment Tool?
Safefood 360° RISK uses internal and external data sets that helps food safety managers to quickly underpin their assessments and decisions with scientific data, developing robust food safety and supply chain programs.
RISK pulls hourly updates from EU RASFF and the World Bank for the most up-to-date data you can then visualise in geographical and global heat maps, in addition to the ability to drill down into the source data. By just utilizing their reports, the information needs to be taken one by one, which can be time-consuming for an individual business operator – subscribing to RISK saves your Food Safety Managers time in daily operations.
RISK also includes data from FDA food alerts in its beta version mode. Request a demo for more details from our technical consultants.
How do we use this data?
Safefood 360° RISK enables food businesses to make better food safety, fraud, governance and sustainability decisions. It contains a wide range of tools and features, including:
– Identifying emerging food safety trends globally based on your products, hazards and material sources.
– Assessing risk associated with your suppliers and products using reliable data sets and analytical methods.
– Rapidly profiling your products, materials, ingredients and suppliers against food safety and governance indicator data.
– Providing tailored business intelligence, analytics, KPI dashboards and automatic reporting to your team for Enterprise users.
March 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Country
The top 5 alerts come from (in descending order): China (10), France (10), India (10), Spain (9), Germany (8) .
March 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Product Category
The top 5 alerts are categorised (in descending order): Fruits and vegetables (25), Dietetic Foods, Food Supplements and Fortified Foods (15), Poultry Meat and Poultry Meat Products (11), Nuts & nuts-related products (11), Herbs and Spices (11) and Bivalve Molluscs and Products (11).
March 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Hazard Category
The top 5 alerts relate to (in descending order): Not categorised (35), Pathogenic Micro-organism (32), Pesticide Residues (30),, Mycotoxins(8), and Heavy Metals (7).
(To understand more about the individual hazards, browse our technical datasheets)
March 2023 Top 5 Food Safety Alerts by Actions Taken
The top 5 actions taken are (in descending order): Withdrawal From The Market (21), None (17), Destruction (16), Official Dentetntion (15), and Informing Authorities (30).
Recent Food Recalls 2023 (March) /Food Product Recalls 2023 (March)
What food is being recalled right now?
| Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts | FDA | |||
| Date | Location | Product-Description | Recall-Reason-Description |
| 03/31/2023 | US | Biltmore Smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon | Potential Foodborne Illness/Listeria |
| 03/29/2023 | US | Worcester Sauce; Chuno Sauce | Undeclared Soy |
| 03/29/2023 | US | Hamburger Chili Macaroni Skillet Meal | Undeclared Milk Allergen |
| 03/29/2023 | US | Various Dark Chocolate Fruit and Peanut Bites | Undeclared Milk |
| 03/23/2023 | US | Gluten Free Reese’s Pieces Brownie Brittle | Undeclared Wheat |
| 03/22/2023 | US | White Hot Dog Enriched Buns | Potential or Undeclared Allergen/Sesame |
| 03/20/2023 | US | Worcestershire Sauce, Chuno Sauce, and Take Out Tonkatsu Sauce | Undeclared Soy |
| 03/17/2023 | US | Frozen Organic Strawberries and fruit blend | Hepatitis A |
| 03/17/2023 | US | Powdered Infant formula | Potential Cronobacter sakazakii contamination |
| 03/16/2023 | US | Frozen Organic Strawberries | Hepatitis A |
| 03/16/2023 | US | Pink pesto pasta sauce | Undeclared Pine Nuts |
| 03/15/2023 | US | Strawberry Granola & Greek Yogurt Parfait Bar | Listeria monocytogenes |
| 03/03/2023 | US | Various Snack Foods | Undeclared Bonito, Sardines, Tuna, coconut, shea nut |
| 03/01/2023 | US | Cocktail Shrimp | Listeria monocytogenes |
Safefood 360° RISK is an ideal solution for food safety practitioners across the entire food supply chain. To get the latest food news, recalls and alerts from Safefood 360°, click request demo to talk with our technical specialists about how we can help.
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