A number of seafood and products of animal origin (predominately raw cut chicken, beef knuckles and frozen prawns) supplied by The Chicken Guy Ltd. have not been produced in accordance with food hygiene and legislative requirements.
These products ar
Almost 250 new infections have been recorded in a multi-country outbreak of Salmonella linked to eggs from Poland.
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reported that as of January thi
Covering Prerequisite Programmes (PRPs) and Procedures Based on HACCP Principles (sample document)
Molecular typing of microbes, also known as microbial fingerprinting, has developed rapidly in recent years.
Typing foodborne pathogens (“disease-causing”) such as Salmonella, Listeria, E. coli and Campylobacter helps identify the specific strains th
As of September 30, 2019, the FDA has tested 339 domestic samples and 473 import samples of frozen berries.
Of the frozen berries sampled, the FDA found genetic material from hepatitis A virus in five samples and genetic material from norovirus in ei
Students from across the island of Ireland will converge on Riddel Hall on the 26th and 27th of February as Queen’s University Belfast plays host to the annual Dawn Meats Great Agri-Food Debate.
QUB will come up against debating teams from University
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the University of Parma and the Catholic University Sacro Cuore of Piacenza are organising a Summer School on “One Health” for early-career professionals. It will take place in Parma, Italy, from 9-11 June 2020.
A position is available in the Persistent Organic Pollutants research group of the University of Birmingham, UK led by Professor Stuart Harrad and Dr Mohamed Abdallah for 36 months to work on the project “Evaluating the role of the dermal pathway in
More than 90,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of Salmonella and 150 deaths were reported in Europe in 2017, according to a new report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The latest annual epidemiological report found 92,
More than 1,500 confirmed Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections were reported in England and Wales in 2018 and five people died, according to Public Health England data.
A total of 1,553 confirmed cases included 607 laboratory-confirmed cas
Tina Potter, Head of Incidents at the Food Standards Agency (FSA), tells New Food how food businesses in the UK should be complying to regulatory standards that not only protect the health of consumers, but can prevent cases from ever occurring.
In the wake of several global incidents involving the adulteration of food, concerns over the adulteration of spices and many other food products have significantly increased. Recent regulatory and certification requirements have mandated addressing
The Italian restaurant chain ASK has been fined for misleading customers about a lobster dish.
The Aragosta e Gamberoni (lobster and king prawns) dish contained a mixture of 35% lobster and 34% white fish, plus other ingredients, formed to look like
An investigation into the trafficking of contaminated clams resulted in dismantling a large organised crime network involving poachers, intermediaries and distribution companies responsible for the food poisoning of at least 27 individuals in Spain
A system in Hungary to prevent a repeat of the deadly Listeria outbreak traced to a frozen vegetable factory in the country in 2018 is working well, according to those involved.
The Hungarian Deep Freezing and Canning Association (MHKSZ) revealed the
The US has approved a drug which aims to eliminate peanut allergies in children aged four to 17.
The treatment, called AR101, will be sold under the brand name Palforzia.
The drug has been designed to gradually reduce sensitivity to peanuts by exp
