EFSA recently launched its OpenFoodTox database of chemical hazards in food and feed. The database is a rich source of toxicological information for risk assessment that can potentially support the reduction of animal testing.
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Ministers are seeking to make it harder for UK holidaymakers to make bogus food poisoning claims.
Border rejections for Salmonella in chicken from Brazil have been reported by six countries in the last week.
More than 60 further cases have been reported in an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis linked to Polish eggs after EU agencies said it looked to be over earlier this year.
Cornell and IBM announced a joint research project June 23 that will use genetic sequencing and big-data analyses to help keep the global milk supply safe.
Teachers across the UK involved in teaching the food science and technology curriculum at secondary school level can take advantage of a new resource that aims to enhance their subject and bring it to life using real-world examples.
The Food Safety Supply Chain conference brought together industry stakeholders from FDA, CFSAN, GFSI’s certification programs, academia and food companies to discuss strategies and challenges of the supply chain in a more complex global environment.
Applications are invited for the post of Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 in the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science.
This postdoctoral position is part of a multi-disciplinary project (CAPRI-Green) in conjunction with Teagasc and University College Cork; the successful candidate will be working with the Common Agricultural Policy Regionalised Impact (CAPRI) model. The CAPRI model is a spatial economic model that has been widely used to support decision making related to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The model is a comparative static model of the EU agricultural sector, which consists of supply and market modules that are solved iteratively. The primary aim of this research is to utilise the CAPRI modelling framework for the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from Irish agriculture.
The candidate will work closely with the other Irish partners in this project as well as with a number of CAPRI modellers from outside Ireland. They will work on model development and validation focussing largely on the representation of Ireland within the CAPRI model. This project will involve close interaction with government and industry stakeholders. This project is being funded through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marines Research Stimulus Fund.
Salary: €34,975 per annum
Closing date: 17:00hrs (Irish Local Time) on Monday, 19 June 2017.
A Belfast company that has developed Blockchain technology to fight food fraud is poised to play a key role in a new €10 million European and Chinese food safety project
Fish and chicken remain the two categories associated with the most foodborne outbreaks, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
An E. coli O157 outbreak, dating back to December and believed to be linked to minced — or ground — meat has taken a life in Germany.
The outbreak has sickened about 30 people since it began. The cause is Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 with the onset date for the most recent confirmed case being April 13.
The Health Service Executive says multiple groups of people have been affected by an outbreak of food poisoning due to salmonella in Dublin.
The HSE knows of more than 50 people, including four children, who were taken ill after a north Dublin food business supplied food to separate groups of parties on 13 and 14 May.
Five people were admitted to hospital and 16 of the ill have been confirmed as having salmonella.
DEPARTMENT: Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute Northern Ireland (AFBI)
SALARY: £29,317 - £31,446
LOCATION: AFBI Hillsborough, Co. Down, BT26 6DR
The successful candidate will join Agriculture Branch’s Sustainable Dairy Systems Team, and will work on a project titled ‘The interaction between genotype and nutrition in high yielding dairy cows in seasonal grass based systems of milk production’ (NutriGen). This project is being led by University College Dublin (UCD), and is being co-funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The overall objective of the project is to further develop knowledge on the interactions between genotype and nutrition, so as to optimise feed efficiency and energy balance, with particular reference to the nutrition of the high yielding dairy cow at the shoulders of the milk production cycle. The project will involve a combination of desk top studies and feeding experiments.
Completed application forms must be returned to arrive not later than 12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 26th May 2017.
Mislabelling composition dominated cases in the EU Food Fraud Network (FFN), according to the 2016 annual report.
Title: EIP-AGRI Brochure on EU funding opportunities related to innovation in agriculture, food and forestry
Submitting your innovative project: what, how and where Are you a farmer or researcher willing to test an idea or an innovative approach? Are you an Operational Group manager or member who seeks funding for innovative ideas? Are you interested in supporting innovative processes rather than leading projects? This brochure presents several European Union (EU) funds may well help support you in implementing your plans.
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The level of household food waste in England is "unacceptable" and householders have a key role to play in reducing it, MPs have said.
Most people who wonder about food safety will ask their family or friends for help, not necessarily experts, according to new University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences research.
A European project and practical experience has shown cleaning and optical sorting can reduce mycotoxin levels, according to Bühler.
Government has tested 800 samples from around the world to create a benchmark definition for the prized product
Leatherhead Food Research has said it anticipates EU food safety legislation will be brought into UK law wholesale following Brexit.
