Mars recalls some Galaxy, Maltesers Teasers and Minstrels bags due to "potential presence of Salmonella", it says. The products include Galaxy Milk 200gm chocolate bars, Minstrel 118gm pouch and Malteaser 35gm bars with best-before dates of 6 May 201
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Pressure to meet tight production schedules is leading some food factory workers and the teams they work within to cut corners, putting food hygiene within those manufacturing sites in jeopardy, a new survey has revealed.
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is transforming microbiology. With the increased accessibility and decrease in the costs of sequencing and the optimisation of the ‘wet laboratory’ components of NGS i.e. the quality and throughput of DNA extraction,
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has reported that seven Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during the month of May for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Of
Bernie Bradley is currently employed as an Executive Analytical Chemist (Microbiology) in the HSE Public Analyst’s Laboratory (PAL), Dublin. She is an approved examiner in an Official laboratory within the HSE. In addition to routine surveillance and
Ireland has joined the long list of EU states where bacterial contamination in poultry shipments from Brazil, which are a serious health risk, has been detected.
Glass shards, unlabelled allergens, inedible inks, Escherichia coli outbreaks, bone fragments in beef products, food contaminated by inattentive or poorly trained employees…the list may go on indefinitely, but the result will always be the same: the
A frozen mixed berry product has been recalled due to a link to four hepatitis A cases in Australia.
Chief Veterinary Officer, Robert Huey, today warned holidaymakers of the risks of importing animal disease.
Mr Huey said: “Bringing back products derived from animals or plants from countries where infections are present could bring serious diseases
An E. coli O157 outbreak, dating back to December and believed to be linked to minced — or ground — meat has taken a life in Germany.
The outbreak has sickened about 30 people since it began. The cause is Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 with the on
We all know that washing our hands can keep us from spreading germs and getting sick. But a new Rutgers-New Brunswick study found that cool water removes the same amount of harmful bacteria as hot.
New research unveiled by audit, tax and advisory firm Crowe Clark Whitehill and the University of Portsmouth’s Centre for Counter Fraud Studies (CCFS) estimates that UK food and drink companies could be losing £12 billion annually to fraud.
IFA National Livestock Chairman, Angus Woods met the EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis in Dublin recently. Mr Woods said the EU Commission Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) had undertaken a number of investigations on sta
Food fraud is threatening to destroy Australia's reputation as a high-quality exporter, with everything from seafood, beef and olive oil to vitamins and wine under attack by unscrupulous counterfeiters.
EFSA’s approach for assessing substances found in food intended for infants below 16 weeks of age will further support EU decision-making on the safety of food for this age group. The guidance will apply from now on to EFSA assessments linked to food
