The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is reminding the public that eating some types of "pink" lamb or mutton can also pose a risk. Since June, 165 people in England have become ill with Salmonella typhimurium bacteria traced back to meat from affected she
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SK Food Group this weekend recalled approximately 174,207 pounds of chicken wrap products that contain vegetables that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and I
New polyethylene film for fresh vegetables sold at U.K. retailer Co-op is recyclable while also providing the same functional features as a non-recyclable film.
Sterling Crew, strategic adviser at Shield Safety Group, believes the two recent Pret allergen deaths expose a ‘worrying weakness’ in food labelling rules.
A case of BSE has been confirmed at a farm in Aberdeenshire. Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing said a movement ban was now in place on the unnamed farm. Investigations are under way to identify the origin of the disease - the first in Scotland in
The rise in global trade wars and the recent EU decision to classify new plant breeding techniques (NPBTs) as genetically modified organisms will inevitably impact food safety and quality, experts warn.
Professor Chris Elliott, Chair of the Knowledge Network Expert Group, writes about the integrity of the UK's food supply post-Brexit.
Global company Arla Foods has launched ‘Arla UK 360’, a new standard in UK dairy farming. The programme covers six areas essential to building a profitable, responsible dairy farm business.
With the world population predicted to grow to 10bn people by 2050, the demand for food is increasing at a time when climate change is making agriculture ever more unpredictable.
Europol have coordinated an international operation with authorities from France, Italy, Malta, Spain and Portugal to arrest 79 individuals for their involvement in Europe’s bluefin tuna market.
Defra’s top official has admitted the department’s no-deal Brexit plans increase the risk of food fraud and smuggling. Clare Moriarty, Defra’s permanent secretary, made the extraordinary confession when giving evidence to the Public Accounts Committe
While Medicaid recipients express similar desires for their health as non-recipients, they are having a more difficult time achieving those outcomes, reporting far higher food insecurity, more health problems and greater stress about their food decis
We get our food from all sorts of places — grocery stores, restaurants, farms, relatives, our own gardens — and sometimes community food banks. In each and every case, food safety plays an important part in protecting us from getting sick from contam
EFSA’s Panel on Additives and Products or Substances used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP) has launched an open consultation on a draft Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the environment. This document proposes guidance to applican
Experts from 14 Latin American and Caribbean countries have met to discuss food safety ahead of upcoming Codex Alimentarius meetings.
Mary Frances Lowe, manager for Codex Alimentarius at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said countries need to part
Officials are advising that mare’s milk should be heat treated to kill Brucella, despite the low risk of brucellosis in Germany.
The joint opinion from Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI) assessed to what
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