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Development, organization and delivery of training activities under the EFSA European food risk assessment fellowship programme (OC/EFSA/AFSCO/2016/02)”.
The tender documentation can be accessed in the document library via this e-Tendering link.
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Cross border health threats represent a substantial challenge to both developed and underdeveloped countries. Because of vector spread and the development of rapid transport links across and between continents, all parts of the world can be quickly a
Foods will deteriorate over time in terms of both quality and safety. There are a range of factors that affect the rate of deterioration. Dr Belinda Stuart-Moonlight considers the issue.
More than 500 care providers in the UK, including 19 hospitals and other NHS facilities, have failed hygiene and food safety inspections, Guardian analysis reveals.Food Standards Agency (FSA) data shows that care homes fail to meet food hygiene stand
Three years after the horse meat scandal, food producers are still committing fraud on a wide scale, the consumers association Consumentenbond said on Tuesday. The association looked into 150 products which are fraud sensitive and found in one in fiv
Quorn Foods is recalling its Meat Free Moroccan Soup and its Meat Free Red Thai Soup because they contain egg which is not mentioned on the labels. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to egg.
EU customs authorities seized an estimated five million more counterfeit items in 2015 than the previous year, according to figures from the European Commission.
Lionel Kenneth Dygico is second year PhD research student at University College Cork, mainly based in Teagasc Food Research Centre, Ashtown in Dublin. As part of his research, he works with Listeria monocytogenes, one of the major food-borne pathogen
The pork and poultry industries on the island of Ireland are major employers and export large quantities of product. The quality and safety of these products is of paramount importance. Due to complex supply chains there will always be potential risk
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The Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland is responsible for the provision of advice on food safety and diet and nutrition issues to consumers, both directly and via a range of stakeholders.
The FSA’s Communication Team has impleme
Trichinella remains a threat despite measures taken at a European level, according to the analysis of an outbreak in Belgium two years ago.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), based in Parma, Italy is looking for Senior Pesticides Scientist (Temporary Agent AD8)
Are you a dedicated scientist with extensive expertise in assessing the health and/or environmental risk of pesticides o
College Food, Farming and Forestry (F3) is a new platform at University of Lisbon, implemented by its Rector in 2015, to enable transversal initiatives
College F3 gathers more than 250 members from twelve University of Lisbon Faculties and Institutes
In August, yet another shipment of Vietnamese fish bound for the USA was rejected after it was found to be contaminated with malachite green. Malachite green, a suspected carcinogen, is banned for animal use in the United States and its discovery kep
Cafes and restaurants across Britain have been selling chicken secretly injected with beef and pork waste, The Independent can reveal today.
Professor Guy Poppy, the FSA’s Chief Scientific Adviser, published the latest edition of his Science Report today. It examines the science behind antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, and presents the latest findings around the role that food plays in th
Global leaders aim to agree on comprehensive, multi-sectorial approaches to the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance when they meet at the United Nations General Assembly in New York today (21 September).
Scientists looking for traces of E. coli O157:H7 contamination in foods soon could have a new detection method on their hands - turning off the lights to see if the bacteria glow in the dark.
Police in China’s southern province of Guangdong have seized $12.3 million of potentially hazardous frozen meat including some reportedly soaked in bleach.
