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  <div class="views-field views-field-zs-view-mode-search-results-2">        <div class="field-content"><article about="http://acmsf.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2018/17071/appointments-to-the-advisory-committee-on-the-microbiological-safety-of-food-acmsf" typeof="Document" role="article" class="node node--news node--promoted node--search-results-2 node--news--search-results-2">
      
                    <h3 class="node__title"><a href="https://acmsf.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2018/17071/appointments-to-the-advisory-committee-on-the-microbiological-safety-of-food-acmsf" rel="bookmark">Appointments to the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF)</a></h3>
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                    <h3 class="node__title"><a href="/northern-ireland/news-updates/news/2018/17060/dunnes-stores-recalls-chicken-bacon-sweetcorn-deli-filler-due-to-possible-contamination-with-listeria-monocytogenes" rel="bookmark">Dunnes Stores recalls Chicken, Bacon &amp; Sweetcorn Deli Filler due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes</a></h3>
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