Sushi restaurants in Los Angeles mislabel the type of fish in their products nearly half of the time, according to the latest research to show fraud in marketing of food products.
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National Food Crime Unit boss Andy Morling says there’s more work to be done to protect the nation against food and drink fraud.
Two men have been arrested over the death of a 15-year-old girl who died after apparently suffering an allergic reaction to a takeaway meal. Megan Lee, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, died on 1 January, two days after she was admitted to hospital.
The majority of European laboratories were able to determine heavy metals in seafood, according to a report.
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There were failures throughout the supply chain, according to a report on an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in Canada three years ago.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) stated that 106 Enforcement Orders were served on food businesses for breaches in food safety legislation in 2016, equalling the same amount for 2015.
The British Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is extending control measures until the end of February, while France has ordered preventative culls in its poultry heartland.
A two-year trial period for mandatory country-of-origin labeling is getting underway in France, but it’s not as likely to conflict with international trade rules as the U.S. COOL program did in recent years because it’s tied to the European Commissio
Criminals operating in the UK’s food chain are “home grown” and unlikely to be involved in organised crime, according to the head of the country’s food crime unit (FCU).
The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (ROI) has said that it has carried out almost 4,000 inspections this year and found high levels of compliance with regulations.
China, rocked in recent years by a series of food safety scandals, uncovered as many as half a million illegal food safety violations in the first three quarters of the year, an official said.
Horse, possum, camel and donkey will be available for sale from South Australian butchers from September next year if recommended changes to food safety regulations are adopted.
Food Quality News takes a month-by-month look at foodborne outbreaks for which a variety of pathogens and food groups are represented.
On 19 December 2016 the European Council adopted its position at first reading on revised rules to perform official controls along the agri-food chain. The Council's position is based on the compromise agreed with the European Parliament (EP) in June
