Climate change is poised to affect the world's food supply in three key ways, experts say.
"There will be impacts on the quantity, quality and location of the food we produce," said Dr. Sam Myers, a medical doctor and senior research scientist studying environmental health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Increasing demand in the U.S. for year-round access to all foods means more foreign food in grocery stores and that means more foodborne illness outbreaks from imported food.
There is an ongoing controversy in the medical community about the safety of platelet transfusions in patients who have platelet consumptive disorders like hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), but an analysis of patients with E. coli O104:H4 infections who developed HUS suggests that platelet transfusions may be safe in adult HUS patients (Benke).
The UK could save £3.7bn by using food waste sent to landfill for renewable biofertiliser, claimed a food waste expert, after figures last month confirmed domestic food waste alone topped 7.3Mt.
New United Nations report finds microplastic contamination in commercial fish and shellfish; more research needed to determine risks for human health.
As the federal government continues the transition that comes every time a new administration moves into the White House, a hiring freeze and an order from President Donald Trump that temporarily puts new regulations on hold are having varying consequences for food safety efforts.
Location: Dublin
Basic Function:
The primary duty will be to support a laboratory based research programme where the candidate will carry out the sample preparation and analysis of the marine bioactives followed by the in-vitro bioactivity assays associated with the project.
Background:
Irish seaweeds are recognised as important source of valuable bioactives with, potential for food applications. However, their chemical composition is highly variable, and fluctuates according to environmental influences. More recently, the impacts of biotic (including microbiome) impacts on algal chemical composition and associated bioactivity have been demonstrated but the implications of these impacts on algae used for food applications remain poorly understood. Additionally, storage and processing methodologies influence both directly (e.g. degradation/oxidation processes) and indirectly (through microbe-mediated processes) the food value of algal biomass. This project will assess the role of seaweed-associated bacteria in bioactive production, and potential degradation, and investigate the scope to apply naturally produced enzymes to increase bioactive yields.
Further information (PDF, 195KB).
Deadline for applications: 12 midnight on Monday 20th February 2017
The Government Chemist has revealed the work leading to supporting the Public Analyst in a dispute over findings of residues of a veterinary medicine in corned beef.
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has said that avian influenza is now likely well established in wild bird populations across the country and has urged flock owners to remain vigilant and keep their poultry housed.
An EU-funded project is aiming to extend food shelf life by using novel antimicrobial surfaces applied in active packaging.
A discovery of Brazilian horsemeat laced with naproxen in Belgium has sparked calls for tough controls over EU imports of horsemeat.
Cambridge Enterprise and the University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund, managed by Parkwalk, have invested £500k in Polypharmakos Limited, a spin-out from the university and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Polypharmakos’ mission is to screen natural-product sources of plant, fungal and insect origin for antimicrobially active substances with novel mechanisms of action and to develop them to address the emerging global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis.
Food safety—just like food production and sales—is an increasingly global effort.
The $44 billion palm oil industry, under pressure in Europe after authorities listed the edible oil as a cancer risk, has found a vocal ally in the food sector: the maker of Nutella.
Location: Dungannon
Reporting to the Laboratory Manager, we are seeking a determined and committed individual to work as a Laboratory Technician on a shift basis. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated individual who possess a strong interest and desire to work and develop their career within the food manufacturing sector.
The Role
Duties will include:
The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on Friday 27th January 2017
There were failures throughout the supply chain, according to a report on an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Canada three years ago.
Horse, possum, camel and donkey will be available for sale from South Australian butchers from September next year if recommended changes to food safety regulations are adopted.
Netherlands, the UK and Belgium have reported new cases in the first two weeks of December as part of the ongoing EU-wide Salmonella outbreak linked to eggs.
The Top 10 most important outbreaks of 2016, according to the editors of Food Safety News, are presented in this article. Outbreaks were chosen for the list on a subjective basis, ranked by the number of fatalities and then the number of illnesses for outbreaks involving more than a single state.
Leo A. Knowles, president of ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC, appeared in federal court in Albany, GA, Tuesday to put a human face on the corporate entity pleading guilty to a criminal misdemeanor charge of shipping peanut butter contaminated with salmonella, causing a nationwide outbreak a decade ago.
