A report released from Oceana Canada,Mystery Fish: Seafood Fraud in Canada and How to Stop It, revealed alarming results of seafood fraud in the nation’s capital. Almost half of the samples tested—45 out of 98—were mislabelled. One third (33) were co
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Food businesses in the UK will be required to put in place practical steps to manage acrylamide within their food safety management systems under new EU legislation which will apply from April 2018.
The guidance has been produced in association with the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Defra. It will be used by food manufacturers, retailers and brands as the industry standard and brings together recommendations that ensure food is safe and adhere
Can Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria communicate with each other and even other pathogens? According to one new study, by producing certain toxic proteins they can.
pH meters, infrared thermometers, wearable prompting guides and automatic cleaning systems are just a few of the many technology advancements the food industry has seen in the last 20 years says NSF’s Rade Jankovic, Senior Account Manager of Retail F
The top nine retailers have published their results on campylobacter contamination in UK produced fresh whole chickens (covering July to September 2017) in line with a FSA protocol agreed with them.
Eggs, long condemned for making raw cookie dough a forbidden pleasure, can stop taking all the blame. There’s another reason to resist the sweet uncooked temptation: flour.
Glyphosate, the key ingredient in the world’s bestselling weedkiller, has won a new five-year lease in Europe, closing the most bitterly fought pesticide relicensing battle of recent times.
Sales of ‘superfoods’ are being bolstered by the increase of health-consciousness in society. Despite some of these foods being on our supermarket shelves for a long time, in the past few years they have experienced a resurgence, with claims of vitam
The 2016 annual report on the work of the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) has been published. The 2016 report introduces Sankey charts and country fact sheets, giving a deeper insight in the data on the activity of RASFF in 2016.
The Annual Report on EFSA’s Activities on Emerging Risks in 2016 has been published and is available online here.
The main objectives of EFSA’s activities on emerging risks are: (i) to carry out activities aiming at identifying emerging risks in the
Environment, Foods and Rural Affairs Committee publishes report into 2 Sisters Food Group and Standards in Poultry Processing as Ranjit Singh Boparan confirms wide-ranging food standards commitments in writing.
More than 10,000 Northern Irish cattle have been reported stolen or lost in just three years – with cross-border smuggling thought to be one of the main causes.
Brexit could have serious implications on the UK food manufacturing industry which is already struggling to maintain consistent levels of food safety compliance, two leading North-East specialists have cautioned.
The UK Food Standards Agency and the British Standards Institute have published revised guidance for food and drink businesses on how to protect against adulteration, counterfeiting and other attacks on food and food supply.
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Lidl Ireland is recalling all batches of Connell Bakery Wholesome Seed & Grain Sliced Pan. Soya is an ingredient in the product, but is not declared on the label. This may make the product unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intoler
A food safety firm that aims to protect the agrifood supply chain has been named best new-start company in a competition run by InterTradeIreland. Belfast-based Xenobics Ltd took home a prize of €20,000 as part of its victory in cross-border trade bo
Enriching eggs and chicken with omega-3 nutrients could potentially have "substantial" health benefits, according to an academic from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. The clinical trial was delivered on behalf of Belfast-headquartered farmin
Most Australians do not know the safe cooking temperatures for foods such as hamburgers, sausages and poultry, according to a Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) survey.
Consumers often struggle to identify where their meat comes from due to a lack of transparency on produce, according to a new survey. The latest shelfwatch survey by NFU Scotland looked at almost 35,000 packs of pork, bacon and gammon in 47 supermark
