The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is reminding the public that eating some types of "pink" lamb or mutton can also pose a risk. Since June, 165 people in England have become ill with Salmonella typhimurium bacteria traced back to meat from affected sheep. Lamb chops and steaks are fine to have pink, but mince isn't, says the FSA.
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SK Food Group this weekend recalled approximately 174,207 pounds of chicken wrap products that contain vegetables that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
New polyethylene film for fresh vegetables sold at U.K. retailer Co-op is recyclable while also providing the same functional features as a non-recyclable film.
Sterling Crew, strategic adviser at Shield Safety Group, believes the two recent Pret allergen deaths expose a ‘worrying weakness’ in food labelling rules.
A case of BSE has been confirmed at a farm in Aberdeenshire. Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said a movement ban was now in place on the unnamed farm. Investigations are under way to identify the origin of the disease - the first in Scotland in 10 years - which was found after an animal died.
The rise in global trade wars and the recent EU decision to classify new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) as genetically modified organisms will inevitably impact food safety and quality, experts warn.
Professor Chris Elliott, Chair of the Knowledge Network Expert Group, writes about the integrity of the UK's food supply post-Brexit.
Global company Arla Foods has launched ‘Arla UK 360’, a new standard in UK dairy farming. The programme covers six areas essential to building a profitable, responsible dairy farm business.
With the world population predicted to grow to 10bn people by 2050, the demand for food is increasing at a time when climate change is making agriculture ever more unpredictable.
Europol have coordinated an international operation with authorities from France, Italy, Malta, Spain and Portugal to arrest 79 individuals for their involvement in Europe’s bluefin tuna market.
Defra’s top official has admitted the department’s no-deal Brexit plans increase the risk of food fraud and smuggling. Clare Moriarty, Defra’s permanent secretary, made the extraordinary confession when giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the department’s Brexit preparedness.
Arizona-based meat producer JBS Tolleson Inc. is recalling 6,500,966 pounds of "various raw, non-intact beef products" due to an outbreak of salmonella, the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Thursday. The recalled products may be contaminated with salmonella.
Sandwich chain Pret A Manger is to introduce allergen labelling on all of its products following the death of teenager Natasha Ednan-Laperouse.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a recall of a range of fresh, unwashed spinach products. The recall was issued today (Friday, September 27) following the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in a batch of spinach leaves.
PepsiCo has recalled a brand of peanuts from multiple countries due to higher than permitted levels of aflatoxin. Product has been sent to and sold in Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, according to PepsiCo.
Large food businesses are pledging to halve the UK’s food waste bill by 2030, and tackle waste from farm to fork, by signing up to support the new Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.
The government has appointed a minister to oversee the protection of food supplies through the Brexit process amid rising concerns about the effect of a no-deal departure from the European Union.
A coroner overseeing the inquest into a teenager with multiple food allergies who died after eating a baguette bought from a Pret a Manger store has expressed concern about labelling regulations.
Fipronil in eggs and Salmonella in poultry meat from Brazil dominated information exchanges between European countries in 2017, according to the annual Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) report.
Since its founding as the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists in 1884 as part of USDA’s Bureau of Chemistry, AOAC has had a fundamental role in food safety.
