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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) have today published details of a recall of meat products by Muscle Food.
The European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) has identified a potential concern for toddlers and their exposure to tropane alkaloids (TA) that are found in tea and herbal infusions.
Johnston Mooney & O'Brien is recalling certain bread products due to the possible presence of small metal pieces. Point-of-sale recall notices will be displayed in stores that sold the implicated batch of breads.
Pig keepers are being reminded not to feed kitchen scraps to their animals to prevent outbreaks of animal disease. The warning comes after an increase in the risk level of African Swine Fever (ASF) entering the UK, following spread of the disease in
The USDA-FSIS has denied a petition from the National Chicken Council requesting line speed caps be eliminated for some chicken slaughter plants.
Food scientists at UMass Amherst have come up with a technique they say could make it a lot easier to avoid food poisoning.
Twenty five babies were infected since 2006 with the same strain of Salmonella Agona that sickened 39 children last year.
Food & Water Watch Analysis Finds 30% of Plants Under New System Failed Performance Standard for Salmonella.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is conducting an audit of EU food safety policy. The auditors will examine whether the EU’s food safety model is soundly based and, when put into practice, keeps food products consumed in the EU safe from chemical
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that four Closure Orders were served on food businesses during the month of January for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and the EC (Official Control of Foo
National food safety authorities from all 28 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway have called for more public investment in food safety research and given a commitment to support European research through partnership building and training, among a ra
Irish dairy giant LacPatrick has unveiled a "Brexit-proofing" technology centre in Co Tyrone in a £30m investment creating 20 jobs.
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) has released materials from a webinar held on December 15, 2017 about its report [PDF - 14 pages] on foodborne illness source attribution estimates for 2013. Materials include the presentati
A potentially hazardous chemical used in certain plastic food packaging has been found in the digestive system of 86% of teenagers who took part in a recent study.
The implicated batch is being recalled due to the possible presence of gluten. This may make the implicated batch unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of gluten.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) are announcing that they will be undertaking a review of meat cutting premises and cold stores. The review, which will be established later this month, comes in the wake of serious non
During the winter months when more people are indoors and in close quarters, norovirus cases, a type of food poisoning, increase; more than 80% of norovirus outbreaks occur from November to April.
The FSA’s Biannual Public Attitudes Tracker (November 2017) results have been published. We conduct this tracking survey with consumers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, in order to monitor changes in consumer attitudes towards the Agency and f
Northern Ireland’s agri-food industry today received a major boost as pork exports to Australia officially got the green light with full health certification from the Australian government.