The next cycle of this Diploma will commence in UCC on October 5th 2018. It is a two-year part-time course that is run over 11 Friday/Saturday sessions from October to May each year.
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EFSA has assessed the safety of green tea catechins from dietary sources, following concerns regarding their possible harmful effects on the liver.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today published a report from its Scientific Committee which evaluates the consumption of fluoride from the Irish diet.
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is trialling a blockchain platform for supply chain tracking in bid to prevent food fraud.
he Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) is looking for three highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join the team as Intelligence Officers (one in the Intelligence Development team, one in the Source Management team and o
The ongoing outbreak is the largest of its kind since the deadly 2006 E. coli outbreak traced to fresh spinach, public health officials said.
BASF Corporation and arc-net, are collaborating to use blockchain technology to capture and analyze sustainability parameters in livestock production along the value chain.
safefood is running free training courses for food testing laboratories across the island of Ireland during 2018.
Chemistry Course: Uncertainty of Measurement (1 Day Course)
- Belfast: 19th June 2018
- Dublin 21st June 2018
- Cork 26th June 2018
Microbiology Co
safefood have launched the 2018 series of workshops for small and medium-sized food businesses in association with Teagasc entitled ‘Knowledge is Power: What you need to know to produce safe food for the consumer’. These workshops will provide practi
Friday 15th June 2018 | Castleknock Hotel – Dublin 15
safefood are hosting an event to assist food business SMEs with various aspects of their business in particular food safety. The event will include presentations from safefood, the Local Enterprise
Tracy Doherty, Senior Advisor on Food Hygiene with the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland talks to The Food Chain about Regulating Our Future.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is responsible for ensuring that an effective regulatory regime is in
British retail giant Marks and Spencer has announced a new campaign that “shines a spotlight” on its beef traceability standards.
French has banned "misleading" phrases containing meat and dairy-related words such as “sausage” and “milk" from vegetarian and vegan food packets.
Figures from the latest haul in the joint Europol-INTERPOL investigation into counterfeit and substandard food has revealed how prevalent crime remains within the worldwide food system.
The food and drink supply chain is a prime target for cyber-security attacks, according to Schneider Electric product marketing director Brian Courchesne.
Food and drink manufacturing businesses have joined forces to tackle plastic pollution.
The outbreak, which started in late March, has sickened 84 people in 19 states. Forty-two people have been hospitalized and nine developed a type of kidney failure called hemolytic uremic syndrome. This outbreak investigation is ongoing.
The USDA and FDA have issued a report on food recall trends from 2004 to 2013. In it, they find that recalls increased significantly in that time period. The report, titled “Trends in Food Recalls: 2004-2013” was published in April 2018.
Member states have voted in favour of an almost complete ban on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides across the EU. Scientific studies have long linked their use to the decline of honeybees, wild bees and other pollinators.
safefood is delighted to offer one lucky crossword winner a luxury hamper of gourmet food from Arcadia Delicatessen in Belfast.
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