Pathogen detectors built into plastic patches could someday spare you food poisoning. Carlos Filipe, a chemical engineer at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, and colleagues have developed a new kind of flexible film that’s coated in molecules
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Some experts worry that weakening already overstretched institutions responsible for ensuring food safety in Great Britain will lead to unsafe food as the country prepares to finalize its exit from the European Union.
More than 200 million eggs distributed to restaurants and stores in nine states are being recalled over fears of salmonella.
Post 1: Food Policy and Science Capabilities: EU Exit Response
Post 2: Head of Food Hygiene and Animal Feed Policy
The IFH survey of media coverage is now online - please click here
IFH has recently reviewed of 54 media articles about hygiene and cleanliness, It makes interesting reading, showing the misleading reporting of this issue.
Surya Foods is recalling Mother Africa Pure Red Palm Oil and Mother Africa Zomi Palm Oil because they contain the illegal dye Sudan IV, which is potentially genotoxic and carcinogenic.
The European Commission has issued a proposal that aims to make information about food safety more transparent to citizens living in the bloc.
New EU food quality tests need to be strict enough to stop manufacturers selling some brands with inferior ingredients in ex-communist countries, a Euro MP shaping the new rules says.
Meat processor Cranswick has urged the entire food chain to become more transparent to restore public trust, predicting consumers would increasingly insist on accessing traceability information via smartphone.
Ready meals and prepared vegetable supplier Mash Direct has secured a deal, for an undisclosed sum, to supply up-market retailer Waitrose.
Northern Ireland’s future food supply runs the risk of "serious disruption" because the UK government is "neglecting" the issue in Brexit talks, according to a new report.
Read the full report, press release and infographic on Food
How can we transform our food system so it is based on healthy and sustainable diets and how would this impact on sustainable and resilient food production and supply?
Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Heather Hancock has announced the appointment of an independent Chair and eight independent members to the Agency’s new Advisory Committee for Social Science (ACSS).
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has released two statistical reports on These are the ‘Statistical Review of Northern Ireland Agriculture 2017’ and ‘Farm Incomes in Northern Ireland 2016/17’
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that six Closure Orders and one Prohibition Order were served on food businesses during the month of March for breaches of food safety legislation.
A project coordinated by the University of Malta called Suit4food is teaching students how to use technologies such as high water pressure, cold atmospheric plasma and ultraviolet light instead of chemical treatments to make food safe, resulting in l
The Irish Government has been urged to hold an emergency meeting to help farmers struggling with an extensive fodder crisis which, farm groups say, is threatening human as well as animal health.
Delivering the keynote lecture at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) Annual Lecture, Rob Collins was in a positive mood in spite of the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the sector.
BREXIT presents an "opportunity" for the agri-food industry to showcase the “best of British” according to the managing director of supermarket retailer Waitrose.
Delivering the keynote lecture at the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) Annual
