Food safety authorities covering England, Wales and Scotland have opened a comment period on the rates of checks for selected food and feed of non-animal origin from certain countries.
Proposed amendments would apply a temporary change to official co
Today, the Commission adopted a package of measures for a sustainable use of key natural resources, aimed at safeguarding our environment and food systems for future generations. Deputy Director-General responsible for Food Safety at DG SANTE Claire
WHO is looking for experts to work on the burden of disease caused by foodborne exposure to cadmium, methylmercury, arsenic, and lead.
It is part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Department of Nutrition and Food Safety’s process to collect and
Smoking is traditionally used to help preserve certain foods such as fish, meat and dairy products and the smoking process also changes the flavour of foods. Smoke flavourings are produced by thermal degradation of wood and can be added to a range of
EFSA officially launched a new journal Food Risk Assess Europe (FRAE), an open access repository of selected scientific articles from national food safety agencies across the EU.
As an addition to EFSA Journal on Wiley, FRAE aims to promote collabor
Wageningen University Food Safety Research has embarked on a four-year project to create an early warning system for detecting mycotoxins in European cereal grains.
The project, named "Mycotoxin Early Alert in the European Grain Supply Chain through
The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated antimicrobial resistance as one of the top ten global challenges facing humanity. This is not surprising, because antimicrobials have been a cornerstone in modern human and veterinary medicine. As th
IAEA and FAO are to hold an event next year focusing on the use of nuclear technologies for food safety.
The International Symposium on Food Safety and Control will take place from May 27 to 31, 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
On June 6-9, the World Health Organization has scheduled a series of talks on food safety to increase awareness and encourage a variety of stakeholders to debate and discuss an array of topics on health and food safety. Over four days, WHO will explo
Most of us will be familiar with the impact climate change has on the environment – biodiversity loss, rising sea levels, higher temperatures and much more. But it also has direct and indirect effects on the safety of our food and this is something t
Following the success of the last two years, EFSA and its partners in EU Member States are today launching the third edition of the #EUChooseSafeFood campaign. #EUChooseSafeFood aims to help European citizens make informed decisions about their food
Helping Europeans to make confident food choices by explaining the science behind food safety is at the heart of the EU Choose Safe Food campaign.
The EU food safety system is built on scientific advice provided by the European Food Safety Authority
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has taken major steps to endorse a new route to qualification for those wanting to embark on or further their career in food standards and trading standards.
Food safety and foodborne diseases are one of four themes covered in an FAO report on products of animal origin. FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
FAO’s Committee on Agriculture (COAG) asked the FAO to produce an ass
Aberdeen, Scotland – A range of food safety challenges and opportunities were touched on by the chief scientific advisor of Food Standards Scotland (FSS) at a major conference held this week.
Speaking at the International Association for Food Protect
Meet Dr Lynsey Hollywood, Senior Lecturer and Manager of the Food and Drink Business Development Centre at Ulster University Business School
Dr Lynsey Hollywood has had a keen interest in the food industry since taking Home Economics at school. She s
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has revealed how it will try to help improve food safety over the next few years.
The FAO Strategic Priorities for Food Safety 2022 to 2031 were developed at the request of the FAO Com
The PATH-SAFE programme, led by the FSA (Food Standards Agency), connects over 40 partners who collaborate regularly to knowledge-share, deliver and advise on how we can best monitor and combat foodborne diseases.
The fifth World Food Safety Day (WFSD) will be celebrated on 7 June 2023 to draw attention and inspire action to help prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agricultural
Following a Public Appointments Service campaign, the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly T.D., has appointed the following members to the Board of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland with effect from 16th of January 2023 until 15th of January 202
