More than 40 people are sick and almost a third have needed hospital treatment as part of a foodborne Shigella outbreak in Denmark.
From the end of August, 42 people have been registered with shigellosis in the country.
The outbreak is being investig
The Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) and Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) have today published an assessment of food crime threats to the UK.
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) has published its food crime priorities for 20/21, alongside a joint UK Food Crime Strategic Assessment with the Food Standards Agency’s National Food Crime Unit.
The SFCIU has
The factory of a sandwich producer in England linked to an illness was contaminated by Listeria for almost three years, a report into the incident has found.
In July 2017, Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from the blood of a 53-year-old in a hospi
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) are looking for an Agrifood Livestock and Aquaculture Intern - it's open to PhD students with a focus on innovation in the Livestock and Aquaculture industry.
Interested in joining our Senior Leadership Team to help deliver on our Strategic Plan and on our vision of “The Marine Institute as a global leader in ocean knowledge, empowering Ireland and its people to safeguard and harness ocean wealth”?
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Research by scientists in Australia could help open up new possibilities to treat enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) infections.
University of New South Wales (UNSW) microbiologists discovered a molecular pathway that controls Shiga toxin production. T
What counts as a composite food product, and the rules you’ll need to follow to export these products from 1 January 2021.
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 for the following specific project:
Project Ref 02A-2020
With many E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce in 2017, 2018, and 2019, food safety experts are concerned that another outbreak could occur in 2020. Let’s take a look at how romaine lettuce is contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 bacteria
Opening: 17 September 2020 Deadline: 26 January 2021
Code: LC-GD-8-2-2020:
Call link: H2020 EU Green Deal
Testing and demonstrating systemic innovations in support of the Farm-to-Fork Strategy
Opening: 17 September 2020 Deadline: 26 January 2021
Code: LC-GD-6-1-2020
Call link: H2020 EU Green Deal call
The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in certain fish species.
Fish types for which maximum limits have already been established are excluded.
People are mainly exposed to methylmercury when they ea
The resurgence of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to strawberries underlines the importance of complete traceback of implicated products during outbreaks, according to researchers.
Following outbreaks linked to frozen strawberries in Sweden and Austria
An introduction to product shelf life for small food businesses - Online Training
Location: Online
Date/Time: Oct 8, 2020 from 10:30am - 12:00pm
Venue: Online
Duration: 90 minutes
This online training will explore what needs to be considered when
Only one fifth of British people always check the hygiene rating of a takeaway restaurant before ordering, according to new research.
A survey of 1,000 adults in the United Kingdom in July 2020 found one in 10 say the hygiene rating does not affect t
Two agencies in the Netherlands have looked at the prevalence of selected pathogens in chickens for meat production.
The study reaffirmed Campylobacter, Salmonella and extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria on broiler farms can be
The percentage of chickens at Tesco and Asda testing positive for Campylobacter at the top level of contamination in the second quarter of 2020 has fallen below the FSA target.
The two supermarkets had recorded levels above the Food Standards Agency
Consultation seeking stakeholders’ views on the proposed approach to technical amendments to NI domestic legislation relating to food and feed safety and hygiene, food compositional standards and food labelling (including nutrition labelling).
