The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is seeking feedback on guidance covering traceability, recalls and withdrawals. The guidance sets out the roles and responsibilities of those involved in food safety withdrawals and recalls in the UK and provides advice on good practice to help businesses comply with food laws.
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With hundreds of food inspectors furloughed in the ongoing government shutdown, the Food and Drug Administration has suspended all routine inspections of domestic food processing facilities.
An Applied Mycology Group team, led by Professor Naresh Magan at Cranfield University, is working closely with University College Dublin to develop innovative strategies to control pre- and post-harvest oats crops and, in particular, the risk of mycotoxin contamination.
The public is losing trust in many institutions involved in putting food on our table, says Ray A. Goldberg, author of the new book Food Citizenship. Here's what needs to be done.
A Danish study has looked at sources of Campylobacter infection to help improve national prevention guidelines. Researchers from the Statens Serum Institut (SSI) and University of Copenhagen led a case-control study among Danes aged one to 30 years from January to December 2016.
The jobholder will work with a team of technical and administrative staff undertaking the enforcement of food safety laws and managing food incidents and will complete projects and develop guidance on legislation and enforcement practice within the environmental health service and deputise for the Chief Specialist, Environmental Health as required.
Closing Date: The completed application must be submitted no later than 12:00 noon, Friday 18th January 2019.
Food standards must be protected after the UK leaves the EU, the farming industry has said.The National Farmers Union said it had heard enough "warm words" from ministers and action was needed now.
How to report surveillance data on Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies using the EFSA tool. The webinar aims to help reporting countries with the submission of data on TSEs using this new tool. During the webinar, participants may submit questions which EFSA will answer orally and in writing after the presentation.
The Food Standards Agency Chair, Heather Hancock, and the Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Guy Poppy, are inviting applications from science experts to join independent Scientific Advisory Committees including three new joint expert groups. Deadline for applications is Friday 4th January 2019
There were only minor fluctuations in reported cases of three main zoonotic diseases in the EU last year compared to 2016. The number of reported cases of salmonellosis and campylobacteriosis has remained stable over the past five years, although listeriosis continues to rise.
The Romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that has sickened at least 32 people in 11 states in the United States has also sickened 22 people in Canada, according to Public Health Canada. Romaine lettuce has been identified as the outbreak source in both countries.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released findings today from the initial phase of a 10-year study that is evaluating trends in food preparation practices and employee behaviors that contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks in the retail setting.
The Biotoxin Chemistry Laboratory Analyst will work as part of the Shellfish Safety Unit Team. This team is responsible for a wide range of monitoring and analytical services to clients including the Government, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the Shellfish Industry and the EU. The Shellfish Safety Unit is the National Reference Laboratory for Marine Biotoxins in Ireland. The unit is part of the Marine Environment & Food Safety Services, which operates a number of programmes, and has engaged in an active Laboratory Accreditation programme.
Duration of Contract:
This temporary specified purpose opportunity will be for a duration up to the 30th September 2020, providing redeployment cover. The successful candidate will be on probation for the first six months of this contract.
How to Apply:
A C.V. and letter of application, summarising experience and skill set applicable to the position should be emailed to recruitment [at] marine [dot] ie or posted to Human Resources at the Marine Institute, Rinville, Oranmore, Galway. All correspondence for this post should quote reference MEFS/LA_BTX/Oct 18
Closing date for Applications:
All applications for this post should be received by the Marine Institute in advance of 12:00 noon on Wednesday 14th November 2018. Please note that late applications will not be accepted.
The European parliament has approved a suite of restrictions on the use of antibiotics on healthy farm animals in a bid to halt the spread of “superbugs” resistant to medical treatment.
Ready-to-eat salmon products, such as cold-smoked and marinated salmon, are the likely source of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has affected Denmark, Germany and France since 2015.
The European Parliament has voted for a complete ban on a range of single-use plastics across the union in a bid to stop pollution of the oceans. MEPs backed a ban on plastic cutlery and plates, cotton buds, straws, drink-stirrers and balloon sticks.
As part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which charged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US with establishing science-based standards for the safe production and harvesting of produce, two new, draft guidance documents have recently been released for US food producers.
UK law on labelling allergens on food could be tightened as early as next summer, the parents of a teenager who died after eating a Pret a Manger sandwich have said after a meeting with Michael Gove.
Scientists have shown for the first time that humans are ingesting microscopic plastic particles in their food. Tiny particles of up to nine different types of plastic were found in every sample investigated - with people from the UK and seven other countries taking part in the study.
The probability of infection by low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) through eating contaminated raw poultry meat or raw table eggs is “negligible”, according to estimates from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
