As food scares, such as the recent detection of dioxins in eggs from Germany, become more frequent, the public should be reassured that advances
A regulation formally laying down the implementation measures for the European Commission’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) will come into force at the end of this month. The new legislation comes almost nine years after the original me
High intensity pulsed light (HILP) technology is effective in decontaminating the surface of both meat and food contact materials in packaged chicken, new research has claimed.
A team from University College Dublin (UCD) found that High intensit
Silver nanoparticles
The team from Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials,
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have published a joint opinion reviewing the latest available scientific information on possible links between Transmissible Spongiform Ence
Please see the links below to the EFSA conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active
substance:
The first discovery of dioxin-tainted pork, a move by the Chinese to suspend German imports and proposals from the animal feed sector to boost controls on the toxic chemical were just some of the developments yesterday in the contamination scandal th
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/qub-sst011011.php
New technology to make shellfish safer to eat has been pioneered by scientists at Queen's University Belfast. The new test, developed at Queen's Institute for Agri-Food and Land Use, no
New Publication: Modelling the impact of chlorine on the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes on ready-to-eat meats
Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) continues to pose a food safety hazard in ready-to-eat (RTE) meats due to potential cross-contamina
Food Standards Agency Update:http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2011/jan/dioxinupdate2
Food Safety Authority of Ireland Update: http://www.fsai.ie/news_centre/news/dioxinupdate10012011.html
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A food crisis in Germany deepened Friday as around 4,700 farms were closed after tests showed animal feed was contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical, and officials said they suspected foul
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/fpd.2010.0761
The purpose of this study was to determine whether combined treatment would produce synergistic effects to facilitate the sterilization of food products durin
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Information about food, and especially its risks, flash before our eyes on a daily basis. But how effective and balanced is the information we get? EU-funded researchers belie
