With the growing rate of food sold online, we spoke to Mark O’Neill at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Northern Ireland about the challenges in the area.
The past five years has seen the online sale of food increase steadily. The introduction of t
Playing a key role in safeguarding the quality of our food and drinking water, the Public Analyst’s Laboratory underpins food safety systems in the Republic of Ireland.
As recently as the late nineteenth century Dublin had the highest death rate from
Declan Billington, Chairperson of the Northern Ireland Food and Drink Association (NIFDA), discusses the potential impact of Brexit on food safety issues in Northern Ireland (NI) and the importance of reputation and quality control for NI’s export tr
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The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that three Closure Orders were served on food businesses during the month of November for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998. The Enforcement Orders were issu
With one million tonnes of food waste discarded in the Republic of Ireland every year, it is an area that requires a lot of attention, says Environmental Consultant Researcher Colum Gibson.
Colum Gibson works at the Clean Technology Centre (CTC) at th
At its quarterly meeting, the Food Standards Agency Board discussed the progress of the FSA's National Food Crime Unit; the redesign of its surveillance programme; an update on the Regulating Our Future (ROF) programme; and the FSA’s activities conce
The Food Standards Agency wishes to invite applications from experts to join its newly formed Advisory Committee for Social Science, and is seeking to appoint a Chair and nine members.
Mustard was undeclared on the labels of the below batches of Big Al’s Chicken Chunks and Chicken Dippers. This may make the implicated batches unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of mustard or its constituents.
Brexit poses huge risks to food standards in the UK and will have “seismic implications” for its food and farming systems, according to a new report. Author Dan Crossley, executive director of the Food Ethics Council, said that the UK faced a stark c
Key employers from the Northern Ireland agri-food industry attended a unique networking event at Queen's University Belfast recently to meet agriculture and food science students poised to be the next generation of employees.
China plans to eliminate another 12 highly toxic pesticides from use within five years, state media reported late on Monday (Dec 5), as the government looks to improve the safety of its farm produce.
At least 36 people have died and more than 550 sickened by a Listeria outbreak in South Africa.
In order to study the behaviour of L. monocytogenes during an asymptomatic infection, INRA scientists, working in collaboration with their colleagues at Institut Pasteur, created an original in vitro experimental model using cultures of human epithel
The FSA has published a new Science Report by its Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Guy Poppy. In his seventh Report, Professor Poppy looks at the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS), and its impact on food safety especially where the scheme is mandat
At least 20 infants have been sickened in France by Salmonella linked to infant formula milk produced by Lactalis.
East of England Co-op will become the first major retailer to sell food beyond its "best before" dates. The chain's 125 stores in East Anglia will sell dried foods and tinned products for just 10p in a bid to cut food waste.
Aldi is recalling its Rooster’s Southern Fried Poppin’ Chicken because they may contain small pieces of hard plastic which could present a safety risk.
A new study published in Nature has shown that houseflies and blowflies carry many more types of pathogenic bacteria than previously thought.
