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To protect public health, robust evidence is vital. The job involves carrying out microbiological risk assessments in relation to the food chain, in particular for microbiological incidents and outbreaks, food defence and emergency pl
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland is responsible for the enforcement of all food legislation in Ireland. The
Authority carries out this enforcement function through "service contracts" with official agencies.
The jobholder will be responsible, as
We would like to inform you that EFSA has published the Call for data relevant to the hazard assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA) - (EFSA-Q-2018-00221).
CDC launched NORS Dashboard, an online data tool with public access to nearly 20 years of information on foodborne, waterborne, and other enteric (intestinal) disease outbreaks.
Chicken has been plucked as the first product to go on blockchain in an innovative step by a major French retailer. More products, such as eggs and mince, are set to follow.
Two academics have called the Food Standards Agency’s programme of change into question, saying it is a “bad policy being rushed through when Ministers and Parliament are not paying attention”.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have pinpointed new compounds that may be effective in containing the virulence of Listeria, a bacterium that can cause severe food poisoning and death.
The watchdog said consumers needed reassurance that leaving the EU will give them a better deal on issues including food safety and energy bills.
The European Commission is to launch a centre to share scientific knowledge on food fraud and quality issues.
Mash Direct have announced their products with be available in the US for the first time this week. The Comber-based firm will be selling eight of their products in Key Food supermarkets throughout New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The World Wildlife Fund has started a project funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to track fresh and frozen tuna in the Western and Central Pacific.
Bacteria from humans and animals continue to show resistance to antimicrobials according to a new report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
The top nine retailers across the UK have now published on their websites, their testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK produced fresh whole chickens (covering October to December 2017).
Did you know that spices can contain pathogenic bacteria and filth? The FDA has published the 2017 Risk Profile of Pathogens and Filth in Spices to “describe the nature and extend of the pubic health risk posed by consumption of spices in the U.S.”
The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland are today publishing details of a major review into the sites where meat products are processed and stored in the UK.
Most uses of neonicotinoid pesticides represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees, according to assessments published today by EFSA. The Authority has updated its risk assessments of three neonicotinoids – clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam.
Tiger Brands, which owns Enterprise Foods, on Sunday issued a statement following an announcement by the health department that the outbreak of listeriosis, which has claimed 180 lives in South Africa, has been traced to an Enterprise Foods facility
A French judge has ordered four men to stand trial over a 2013 scandal in which horsemeat was passed off as beef and used in ready-to-eat meals sold across Europe, sources close to the case told AFP.
safefood's Knowledge Network EFG Chair Professor Chris Elliott’s opening remarks at Food Fraud 2018 set out the scale of the growing global food fraud threat.
