Selten was sentenced to 30 months in prison last year for selling horse meat as beef on a large scale for several years. This fraud was discovered by the Dutch food and consumer product safety authority NVWA early in 2013
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A new online campaign is putting pressure on fast food giant McDonald's to impose a global ban on products from animals treated with antibiotics.
A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found that climate change is increasing the incidence of Vibrio infections in the United States. Long term ecological data analysis has found that climate change is affecting ma
Retailers encouraged to explain that length of freezing relates to product quality rather than food safety
Canada has reported more than 50 cases of Cyclospora infection in four provinces.
Public Health England (PHE) has been investigating a national outbreak of a rare strain of E. coli O157 that was identified by PHE’s whole genome sequencing (WGS) technology. There have been 161 cases of this strain of E. coli identified (England 154
In the future, fruit-juice dispensers could be fitted with blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) to stave off the nasty salmonella bacteria that makes you sick.
Project: The use of Marine derived antibacterial agents to combat the prevalence of Salmonella in Pork Products
Basic Function of the post: The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority is seeking to fill a short term position at the Teagasc Fo
FoodQualityNews went to Ireland for Food Micro 2016 to take a look at the posters that presented a sample of the latest research in the field
Bacillus cereus – a common food bacterium – can no longer hide. The food industry has a new tool for identifying specific isolates behind foodborne illness that utilizes the bacteria’s own genomes, reports Cornell food scientists in the journal BMC G
A New Jersey company has expanded its recall of ground tumeric to include additional brands distributed nationwide. Excessive lead, which is particularly dangerous for pregnant women, infants and children, has been confirmed in the spice.
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The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee holds a one off evidence session on food fraud and the integrity of the food system with Professor Christopher Elliott, Director of the Institute for Global Food Safety at Queen's University.
A factory producing more than 4,000 liters of spurious milk everyday using harmful chemicals like detergent power and supplying spurious product to local market and dairy companies was busted in Morena district of the Indian city of Bhopal.
Commissioner Andriukaitis welcomed the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers, on the Official Controls proposal. The EU is equipping itself with a simpler and more effective control system in the are
Almost 300 cases of Cyclospora infection have been reported by the UK and a US state, according to authorities.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that twelve Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during the month of July for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC
A skills shortage and the impact of Brexit are the two main challenges facing the food industry, the newly appointed chairman of the Society of Food Hygiene & Technology (SOFHT) has claimed.
Leading names in UK food and drink manufacture have joined a new initiative, run by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), to promote safety culture change in the sector.
Farmers and restaurant owners in Italy are celebrating the passage of new legislation that simplifies the donation of excess food in order to curb waste.
Approximately 100 tonnes of food is wasted each year across the EU. Earlier this year, France bec
