Ian McWatt, the director of operations at Food Standards Scotland, discusses the costs associated with food crime and stresses the need for cooperation throughout the industry to tackle it.
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Scotland's biggest pig processor is set to run out of carbon dioxide on Tuesday, leaving it in danger of welfare issues such as overcrowding. The gas, which is used to stun farm animals and put the fizz in carbonated drinks, is in short supply in Europe.
A formal report into last year’s contaminated egg scandal, which led to 3.6 million hens being slaughtered, has slammed egg producers, government inspectors and ministers for failing to put food safety first.
Dale Farm, the UK’s largest farmer-owned dairy co-operative is to supply cheddar cheese to its stores across the UK, Europe and the United States in a new deal agreed with supermarket Lidl.
Today the Commission adopted an Implementing Decision on the list of communicable diseases and related special health issues as well as relevant case definitions to be monitored through the EU’s epidemiological surveillance network.
President Donald J. Trump wants to consolidate federal food safety under a single agency housed in the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s Science and Knowledge service, has developed method to allow national consumer authorities across the union to compare the composition and characteristics of food products sold with similar packaging.
Investigators in France have confirmed a link between the cases of several children with a disease that destroys blood-clotting cells, causes low red blood counts and kidney failure and the consumption of cheese made with raw milk.
Trade negotiations with the EU have descended into a political circus – yet the quality of what we eat is too important to overlook.
Texas Naturals Meats is recalling almost 500 pounds of raw frozen ground beef that was produced almost a year ago because its own tests this week returned positive results for E. coli O103.
Research recently published by scientists in The Netherlands shows that E. coli and Campylobacter bacteria are so common on goat and sheep dairy farms that pasteurization is necessary to prevent contamination of raw milk and products made with it.
The top nine retailers across the United Kingdom have now published their latest testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK-produced fresh whole chickens (covering samples tested from January to March), according to the June 15 report by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).
A project that is using nanotechnology to improve food safety and protect the health of vulnerable patients has received a seven-figure funding injection.
Agroisolab UK, a small business based just outside the small North Yorkshire village of Welburn, has been re-awarded a contract to supply AHDB with isotope origin testing to determine the origin of pork.
The revised ISO 22000 standard is recognised throughout the global food supply chain and certification publicly demonstrates a commitment to food safety.
An article by Prof. Chris Elliott OBE, Chair of the safefood Knowledge Network EFG
During the last week of May we were very proud to host the world’s first Summit on Global Food Integrity. Well over 600 delegates from 47 countries descended on a sun-soaked Belfast to discuss, debate and sometimes argue about the future direction of travel for our global food system.
The consumer group is calling on the government to fix the "chaos" of food labelling standards when the UK leaves the EU. Which? says "traffic light" labelling - indicating that are foods high in salt, sugar or fat - should be mandatory.
Sea to Table, a company that delivers seafood billed as sustainable and domestic, is the subject of an Associated Press report that indicates its products not always be either.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today welcomes the appointment of Martin Higgins as its new Chairman. Mr Higgins became the first Chief Executive of safefood from its inception in 1998 until his retirement in 2014.
The National Assembly in France has passed an amendment requiring that all “food placed on the market in France” must be labelled if any GMO products have been used in its production.
