Project: Support role for Research projects in BTU, APC & BIC
The BioTransfer Unit provides a range of administrative, financial and technical supports to the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre (APC), Food for Health Ireland (FHI) and the BioInnovation C
safefood have developed a new food safety campaign which will aims to encourage consumers not to wash raw chicken in their kitchen before cooking it. The campaign shall be go live on Monday 3rd November and will run for three weeks.
Why?
• Washing c
Which? uncovers fake goats' cheese being sold in the shops - we became suspicious about the large amount of goats' cheese on sale, despite a goats' milk shortage.
We were concerned that goats' cheese manufacturers could be substituting goats' milk fo
An EU-funded project that aims to improve safety testing for genetically modified (GM) foods has published its first results.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is currently advertising a number of vacancies.
Senior Technical Executive Chemical Safety
Senior Technical Executive Environmental Health
The Irish Research Council has opened the 2015 call for the Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme.
The updated requirement is that an applicant must have either graduated or have been certified as having fulfilled all the requirements
Scientists believe they may have found a new weapon in the fight to control the deadly foodborne pathogen Clostridium botulinum, as they have discovered genes that are crucial for its germination.
Prof Chris Elliott, Queen's University Belfast, is delivering a free online training course starting on 17th November 2014 and taking place over 5 weeks.
About the course
Humanity faces a considerable problem in maintaining and enhancing food supplie
This paper, deals with the recent history, chemistry and analysis of nitrofuran antibiotics and makes recommendations for a better regulatory regime to protect consumers, safeguard the interests of responsible producers and importers and reduce waste
The Irish Laboratory Awards returns on December 3rd at the DoubleTree Hotel, Dublin showcasing the best of the best in this sector.
There have been many entries to date, however the closing date for entries is fast approaching:
Friday, October 17th a
Revolutionary new food labelling featuring a tactile bump – so shoppers can tell when perishable food has gone off – has won its young designer a prestigious award. Unlike confusing and often unreliable best before and expiry dates, the label lets co
Taiwan's government says it will impose harsher penalties for food safety violations after a "gutter oil" scandal. Offenders will face seven years in prison for lacing food with banned substances or falsifying ingredients. If the violation results in
A method to detect E.coli has been developed by linking pH to the pathogen.
Knowledge Network member Adrian Waltho from Analytik Ltd highlighted this study which may be of interest to other members.
Together with the LGC, Analytik did a blind study of wheat adulteration (common wheat in durum wheat) with our VL3 multispectra
