The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) last week announced the finalization of new federal standards to reduce Salmonella and Campylobacter in ground chicken and turkey products, as well as in raw chicke
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Exposure Assessor - RASA Department - DATA Unit
Location: Parma, Italy
Responsibilities:
- Providing dietary exposure expertise, guidance and assessments to support the work of EFSA’s units, Panels, Working Groups and the Scientific Committee as well as f
Location: Cork
Technical Executive Food Science (One Year Fixed Term Contract)
safefood would like to invite applications for the above temporary position in our Cork headquarters. Reporting to the Chief Specialist Food Science, the successful candi
Scientists are increasingly using a technique called molecular typing or DNA fingerprinting to investigate foodborne outbreaks. The wealth of data being generated is opening up exciting areas of research and innovative techniques for safeguarding Eur
EFSA has published two Scientific Opinions on environmental risk assessment (ERA), with a third to follow shortly. Reinhilde Schoonjans explains the issues at the heart of this major project.
How is ERA relevant to EFSA’s work?
Environmental risk asses
The 43 EU Reference Laboratories (EURLs) will receive €32.5m for this and next year from the European Commission.
BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) - Pesticide and chemical residue is the major sources of food contamination in China, the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) has found.
Pesticide residue was detected in 146 kinds of fruit and vegetable in the past three
Listeria bacterium found in food, which can infect people and cause temporary gastro-intestinal distress, is a serious health risk for pregnant women and for people with compromised immune systems. According to a dissertation from Umeå University, Sw
The two most recent outbreaks linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants appear to be over, according to federal officials who say the root cause of the E. coli infections has not been determined.
Testing of fresh produce, meat and other foods from
Research is a critical part of food safety, many of the tools we have today have gone through much work being seeing the light of day. Food Quality News takes a look at some recent work.
More than 390 people have reported getting sick in a norovirus outbreak associated with a suburban Kansas City dinner theater.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) initially said more than 100 people got sick after going to the New T
The rising popularity of rare burgers in the UK continues to worry food safety experts who fear that, unless proper controls are introduced on their sale in UK restaurants and their consumption at home, it will inevitably lead to more food poisoning
