Most of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains are falling short on measures to reduce the use of antibiotics in the production of the meat and animal products they sell, campaigners have warned, with potentially harmful impacts on human health.
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One of the UK’s largest dairy producers has warned that a badly handled Brexit could lead to price hikes for food, and scarcity in the shops from April 2019. Gabriel D’Arcy, the chief executive of LacPatrick in Strabane complained that ministers were
Today in Madrid, the European Commission will organise the first of a series of 15 workshops under the Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) programme on the prevention and control of AMR in the context of an overall One Health approach. The three-da
Pamela Byrne, CEO of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI), has called for the development of a 'National Food Strategy' with clearly defined roles and responsibilities as a matter of urgency.
Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center have discovered how ground turkey may become contaminated with Salmonella bacteria.
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Sheridan Cheesemongers Ltd. is recalling the above batches of Brie de Meaux cheese that were cut in their premises and distributed in Ireland. This is due to the detection of Listeria monocytogenes in the batch with a ‘use-by’ date of 19.11.
In order to rebuild confidence in EU decision-making, there is a need to establish a “third independent body” between EU politicians and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as neither NGOs nor the industry can say whether a substance should be
The rules around food safety and labelling requirements are clear and robust. Problems arise, however, on both an EU and a UK scale when it comes to dealing with fraud in the food supply chain.
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High levels of hydrocyanic acid (cyanide) were detected in the above batch of Creative Nature Apricot Kernels. Cyanide poisoning can cause nausea, fever, headaches, insomnia, thirst, lethargy, nervousness, joint and muscle aches and pains,
The UK will back a total ban on insect-harming pesticides in fields across Europe, the environment secretary, Michael Gove, has revealed. The decision reverses the government’s previous position and is justified by recent new evidence showing neonico
WHO is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals.
The new WHO recommendations aim to help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics that are important for
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Aldi Stores Ltd. has withdrawn batches of The Deli Red Pesto due to food spoilage.
Downward price pressures on the UK food industry could lead producers and manufacturers to cut corners, increasing the chance of food fraud and putting food quality and the supply chain at risk, a new report reveals.
For those of you who missed our new article in the Network News last week, please find a link below.
In this article, Professor Alan Matthews (Trinity College Dublin) discusses;
Food regulatory barriers to cross-border trade after Brexit (PDF, 200KB)
The EU commission are conducting a public consultation on an initiative to improve the food supply chain. The purpose of this questionnaire is to better understand the extent to which such potential unfair trading practices (UTP's) actually occur in
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) today reported that four Closure Orders were served on food businesses during the month of October for breaches of food safety legislation, pursuant to the FSAI Act, 1998 and EC (Official Control of Foodstu
Friday, 3 November 2017
Lidl Deluxe Drinking Chocolate Sticks Not Labelled in English, Containing Allergens - further information.
Recall of Cheese Cut by The Cheese Hub Due to Possible Presence of Listeria monocytogenes - further information.
The FSA is today publishing a summary of food incidents handled between July and September 2017, where an alert has been issued by the FSA to recall products from sale.
Peter Whelan, director of audit and compliance at the Food Standards Agency Ireland, made the remarks at the Food Brexit conference in London this week.
Agricultural emissions have been flagged as a key issue ahead of the United Nations’ COP23 climate change talks, which will kick off in Bonn next week with the aim of developing a roadmap for implementing the Paris Agreement.
