Police in China’s southern province of Guangdong have seized $12.3 million of potentially hazardous frozen meat including some reportedly soaked in bleach.
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Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has ordered all cheese from Errington Cheese to be pulled from distribution after detection of O157 and non-O157 strains of E. coli.
Turns out bacteria may transfer to candy that has fallen on the floor no matter how fast you pick it up.
Rutgers researchers have disproven the widely accepted notion that it’s okay to scoop up food and eat it within a “safe” five-second window.
Food safety is a key pillar of the greenhouse operations for each grower. Any type of food safety risk impacts not only the grower operations, but our competitors, and most importantly, consumers.
A new federal government report on antibiotic resistance in foodborne pathogens reveals that multidrug resistance in a common Salmonella serotype remains above 40 percent and that this resistance more than doubled between 2011 and 2014.
After a Listeria outbreak involving bagged salads produced by Dole, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now including leafy greens on food history questionnaires that are used to interview foodborne illness patients.
About the Role:
As member of a very busy team, you will be managing all technical data of new and existing product formulations, and ensuring that accurate and timely information is supplied to the appropriate customers, R&D, manufacturing and commercial teams. You will also assist in procedures relating to certain food safety issues and keeping abreast of forthcoming food-related legislation.
Key Responsibilities:
- To support and maintain ‘best in class service’ legislation service for Kerry customers that reflects business needs and supports group policies
- Generation of Technical Documents (accurately and to tight time scales)
- Ingredient Declarations
- Specifications (Standard and Customer Specific)
- Allergen/Intolerance Data
- Nutritional Data
- Safety Data Sheets
- Packaging information
- Key Performance Data
- Advise on regulatory issues impacting the industry and the Kerry business
- Labelling, including International Legislation, Salt Reduction, Food Safety Alerts and GMO/Claims
- Develop effective working relationships with customers
- Liaise closely with other internal departments
- Maintain awareness of all proposed and pending new food regulations
- Remain aware of all health and safety issues relevant to the job
- Remain fully flexible to meet business requirements
To honor a Cornell researcher who keeps our food supply safe, a recently discovered spoilage bacterium has been named for Martin Wiedmann, the Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety.
A new online campaign is putting pressure on fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics.
In the future, fruit-juice dispensers could be fitted with blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) to stave off the nasty salmonella bacteria that makes you sick.
Project: The use of Marine derived antibacterial agents to combat the prevalence of Salmonella in Pork Products
Basic Function of the post: The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority is seeking to fill a short term position at the Teagasc Food Research Centre Ashtown for an analytical chemist or a natural product chemist. The successful candidate will be involved in the extraction and fractionation of antimicrobial compounds from marine sponges. The primary role of the candidate is to develop a range of analytical methods for structural characterisation of marine derived bioactives. The candidate will work in tandem with the research partners from University College Cork and Teagasc Moorepark in meeting the deliverables of the project.
Application submission deadline: no later than 12 midnight on Friday 26th August 2016.
Bacillus cereus – a common food bacterium – can no longer hide. The food industry has a new tool for identifying specific isolates behind foodborne illness that utilizes the bacteria’s own genomes, reports Cornell food scientists in the journal BMC Genomics, Aug. 8.
Almost 300 cases of Cyclospora infection have been reported by the UK and a US state, according to authorities.
A skills shortage and the impact of Brexit are the two main challenges facing the food industry, the newly appointed chairman of the Society of Food Hygiene & Technology (SOFHT) has claimed.
Title of Project: Enhancement of texture, flavour and nutritional value of meat products for older people (Meat4Vitality)
Location: Cork
Basic Function: The successful candidate will be based at the National Food Imaging Centre (NFIC) in Moorepark under the supervision of Dr. Mark Auty where she/he will prepare and examine a range of foods, primarily meat-based products, for examination by light, confocal and electron microscopy techniques as appropriate and in collaboration with researchers in Ashtown Research Centre, Dublin.
Application Deadline: Monday 15th August 2016
Two new cases of Salmonella enteritidis are being investigated in Finland after an earlier outbreak linked to imported organic mung bean sprouts.
The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) are delighted to announce the inaugural BIM Awards 2016 – celebrating the best in the Irish Seafood Sector.
The aim of the Awards is to celebrate and highlight excellence in Ireland’s seafood industry.
BIM are seeking entries to identify the businesses and individuals who excel in the areas of Skills, Sustainability, innovation and Competitiveness across the fishing, aquaculture and seafood processing sectors.
Closing date for entries: Friday 16th September 2016
The winners will be announced at a Gala evening on November 17th 2016 in the Clayton Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Location: Waterford
Description: Eurofins Food Testing Ireland Ltd are inviting candidates to apply for an Interim Laboratory Supervisor (Maternity Cover) which is based in Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.
The role of the Interm Laboratory Supervisor is to effectively manage the food microbiology team. This will include responsibilities such as planning work rotas, measuring productivity, training and development of staff, housekeeping, health & safety, quality, documentation, etc. to ensure the laboratory is run at maximum efficiency.
A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has called for research on dose–response and behavioural characteristics of Bacillus cereus to identify routes and critical steps of contamination.
