Two academics have looked at the scale of declared conflicts of interest (COIs) in UK food policy-making agencies.
Erik Millstone, from the University of Sussex, and Tim Lang, of the Centre for Food Policy, City University London, assessed COIs at th
This in-person conference, which will be held in the morning or 26 January, will examine the way forward for food regulation and standards in the UK, and the evolving role of the regulators. Attendees will examine the proposals for a new food standar
The research explores the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours of university students relating to food safety, food security, diet, and other food-related topics; and, identifies the experiences and challenges of university students living in halls o
Irish authorities have issued a warning about cannabis edibles after a number of hospitalizations this past month.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) National Social Inclusion Office said there has been an emergence of synthetic cannabinoids in jelli
The objective of the call is to provide support services for the phases of expert knowledge elicitation (EKE) as input into EFSA outputs using EFSA's expert knowledge elicitation methods, but also any other EKE method with a defined protocol, dependi
Oysters from Ireland have been linked to illnesses in Hong Kong. In other news from the region, China is lifting a 2020 ban on beef exports due to BSE this week.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hon
Voluntary approaches to tackle certain mycotoxins in dried figs and pistachios in Turkiye don’t seem to be working, according to the European Commission’s health and safety agency.
A remote DG Sante audit, in May and June 2022, included authorities,
Scientists have improved knowledge about the doses of food allergens that can result in allergic reactions.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food Allergens me
More than half of food recalls in the United Kingdom over a 5-year period were due to allergens, according to a recently released study.
Allergen-related recalls increased annually until 2019, peaking at 118 before decreasing to 82 and 84 in 2020 and
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Knowledge of thresholds constitutes a critical requirement to assessing the risk from allergens, as they are a characteristic of the hazard that allergens present to the food-allergic population.
FAO and WHO reconvened the Ad hoc Joint FAO/W
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Background: The disinfection process represents an important activity closely linked to the removal of micro-organisms in common processing systems. Traditional disinfectants are often not sufficient to avoid the spread of food pathogens; th
Salmonella, E. coli, and Yersinia infections all went up in 2021, according to new data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
A previous article covered statistics for Hepatitis A, Campylobacter, and Listeria.
Thirty cou
While the number of HPAI virus detections in sea bird breeding colonies came down since the previous reporting period (June to September 2022), the number of cases in water birds and poultry has increased. The rise in the number of outbreaks in poult
Statistics on six diseases causing the most food and waterborne infections in Europe have been published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The most recent data shows hepatitis A cases in 2021 were at their lowest since
A food safety platform in the United Kingdom has selected an initial batch of projects to receive grants.
The UK Food Safety Research Network (FSRN) will fund six projects with amounts ranging from £30,000 ($36,100) to £62,000 ($74,700).
Each project
