Milegate Ltd is recalling a batch of Mystry Dried Pangash fish because of contamination with the chemical contaminants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Exposure to the chemical PAHs can cause a risk to health and therefore legal limits are set to ensure that this does not happen. The contaminant levels in this product exceed those limits and the product is therefore being recalled as a precaution.
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Use of some of the strongest antibiotics available to treat life-threatening infections has risen to record levels on European farms, new data shows. The report reinforces concerns about the overuse of antibiotics on farms, following revelations from the Guardian of the presence of the superbug MRSA in UK-produced meat, in imported meat for sale in UK supermarkets, and on British farms.
The Irish government has told the European Commission it intends to impose mandatory country-of-origin labelling on a host of fresh and frozen meat cuts. Ireland’s Department of Agriculture is planning to roll out country-of-origin labelling (COOL) legislation on fresh, chilled and frozen non-prepacked cuts of meat from pigs, sheep, goats and chickens.
Fears are mounting that the next horse meat scandal is just around the corner, as big supermarkets may soon be allowed to avoid inspections from Government officers. Under money-saving plans being devised by cash-strapped food safety watchdogs, "trusted" retailers will be given special permission to police themselves.
The move comes after major cuts to the Food Standards Authority's budget meant it could no longer cope.
As of Oct. 1, China has a strict set of regulations governing how food producers and operators — including related third-party computer platform and delivery service providers — store, market and transport their products sold online.
Three southern African countries have strengthened food safety through a 12 month project funded by FAO.
Accidental discharge from a treatment works caused the deaths of more than 1,600 fish in a river near Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland Water has said. The river flows into Dundrum Bay, which is a significant shellfish production area.
At least four companies have issued ice cream recalls — Blue Bunny, Blue Bell, Chocolate Shoppe and Publix — because of a cookie dough recall that could cause dozens of secondary recalls from as yet unnamed companies.
Shellfish from Maine (USA) have been recalled after samples tested positive for high levels of a dangerous neurotoxin.
The recall notice, issued by the Maine Department of Marine Resources, applies to mussels and mahogany quahogs (another name for clams) that were harvested or wet-stored in the Jonesport area.
More than 500 care providers in the UK, including 19 hospitals and other NHS facilities, have failed hygiene and food safety inspections, Guardian analysis reveals.Food Standards Agency (FSA) data shows that care homes fail to meet food hygiene standards more than any other type of care provider, with more than 200 residential, nursing and care homes receiving low grades at their latest food safety inspections.
Three years after the horse meat scandal, food producers are still committing fraud on a wide scale, the consumers association Consumentenbond said on Tuesday. The association looked into 150 products which are fraud sensitive and found in one in five cases, the food was not what it was supposed to be.
Quorn Foods is recalling its Meat Free Moroccan Soup and its Meat Free Red Thai Soup because they contain egg which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg.
In August, yet another shipment of Vietnamese fish bound for the USA was rejected after it was found to be contaminated with malachite green. Malachite green, a suspected carcinogen, is banned for animal use in the United States and its discovery kept 40,000 pounds of fish off dinner plates.
Cafes and restaurants across Britain have been selling chicken secretly injected with beef and pork waste, The Independent can reveal today.
Professor Guy Poppy, the FSA’s Chief Scientific Adviser, published the latest edition of his Science Report today. It examines the science behind antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, and presents the latest findings around the role that food plays in the problem.
The report is published as the President of the UN General Assembly convenes a one-day high-level meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York to discuss AMR.
The Matador, a Mexican restaurant in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, was shut down on Friday, Sept. 9, as an imminent health hazard and for being the target of an investigation into a local outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections.
TRS is extending the recall of its 'All Purpose Seasoning' to include all batch and date codes of 100g and 400g pack sizes. This is because the product contains mustard and celery which are not emphasised correctly as allergens in the ingredients list.
Food Standards Scotland said a sample from a batch of Lanark White, made by Lanarkshire-based Errington Cheese, has tested positive for E. coli O157.
Anema & Core Limited, trading as Heart and Soul in Rockingham Road, was warned about a number of issues after an inspection on August 25, 2015. The Italian restaurant had opened without registering with the local authority and despite formal and informal action, the issues were not rectified.
Vietnamese authorities have warned local aquaculture companies that they will not renew their export licenses unless the latter comply with safety standards following a recent warning from the European Union.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has taken the decision, which took effect August 15, after shipments to the E.U. were found to contain excess levels of antibiotics.
