The largest supplier of chicken to UK supermarkets has been tampering with food safety records in moves that could dupe consumers into buying meat past its use-by date.
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Guidance on food safety management systems for small food retailers (SFR-FSMS): the application of hazard identification, ranking and control in butcher, grocery, bakery, fish and ice cream shops
This guidance was extracted from the Opinion of the Pa
Salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis and listeriosis are food-borne diseases. We estimated and forecasted the number of cases of these three diseases in Belgium from 2012 to 2020, and calculated the corresponding number of disability-adjusted life years
Swedish authorities are investigating a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 30 people linked to salami.
For more than two years, bluefin tuna, a product so valued in gastronomy as scarce, is in the spotlight of traditional producers and sanitary authorities. The reason? Other fish from the same family are being traded as bluefin tuna.
On the 26th September, at the conclusion of the High-level meeting dedicated to the follow-up to the Fipronil incident, chaired by Commissioner Andriukaitis, the Member States and the Commission agreed on 19 concrete measures which will reinforce the
Spanish authorities are investigating seven people in relation to cases of histamine poisoning from tuna.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced a $77 million investment in efforts to track and fight antibiotic resistance.
The money will be distributed to public health departments in all 50 states and Puerto Rico to help the
Almost a third of olive oil samples tested within a two year period were judged non-compliant, according to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).
The fishing industry and global fisheries managers need to get on board with the power of genomics to secure the future of seafood, say scientists.
Tesco is spearheading a drive to reduce food waste, with 24 of its largest food suppliers – including Kerry Foods, Greencore and Bakkavor – committing to cutting food waste in their production processes.
It is time to say good bye to the static old Eurosurveillance website that served its purpose over the course of many years. In a reader survey, several years ago, respondents mentioned as advantages of the site that it had an easy navigation structu
Nordic scientists will investigate the link between acrylamide exposure and obesity, diabetes and fertility with a €1.5m grant from the European Research Council (ERC).
Angela Quinn is Quality Manager of the Public Health Microbiology Laboratory in University Hospital Galway - a food, water and environmental testing laboratory.
She recently attended the Customer Education Conference (CEC) hosted by Labware in Dublin
safefood is responsible for promoting food safety and healthy eating on the island of Ireland. To support our knowledge base, we would like to invite tenders for research in the following subject areas:
Project Ref No. 02-2017
In light of growing awareness of the need to reduce food waste and an increase in food donations to combat food poverty, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published four new guidance documents for charities and donating food businesses
Although it is against federal law to sell unpasteurized milk across state lines, the CDC and state health departments are investigating illnesses in at least seven states in relation to Brucella bacteria found in raw milk from a Texas dairy.
The Marine Institute as the EU designated national reference laboratory for shellfish toxins and shellfish microbiology in Ireland have launched a new shellfish safety website. Incorporating a range of user friendly info-graphics and maps, the websit
The following Call for Proposals (grant) has been today launched and published on the EFSA website:
Call for proposals reference: GP/EFSA/PRAS/2017/02 – Tasking Grants – Entrusting new preparatory tasks falling within the mission of the EFSA Pesticid
The Food Standards Agency is making changes to its campylobacter retail survey of fresh shop-bought UK-produced chickens.
